comes from coordination. (The locus classicus is Partee and Rooth
1983.)
- Type of the argument of "and":
+ Type of the arguments of "and":
Ann left and Bill left. t
Ann left and slept. e->t
- Ann and Bill left. (e->t)-t (i.e, generalize quantifiers)
Ann read and reviewed the book. e->e->t
+ Ann and Bill left. (e->t)-t (i.e, generalize quantifiers)
In English (likewise, many other languages), *and* can coordinate
clauses, verb phrases, determiner phrases, transitive verbs, and many