How to cut the projective content pie Judith Tonhauser The Ohio State University University of California, San Diego December 4, 2017 Collaborators and funding David Beaver Judith Degen Marie-Catherine de Marneffe Craige Roberts Mandy Simons Shari Speer Jon Stevens Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project? Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Projective content (1) [A and B have been talking about Ricardo. B asks:] O-mombe’ú=pa i-lóro o-kañy-ha chu-gui? 3-confess=q 3-parrot 3-hide-nmlz 3-from ‘Did he confess that his parrot escaped?’ Upon uttering (1), B may be taken to be committed to, e.g.,: • Ricardo has a parrot • Ricardo’s parrot escaped • There is a uniquely salient individual A and B are talking about • There is a uniquely salient time (when R may have confessed) • A understands Paraguayan Guaraní Long-standing research question: Why does projective content project?