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  <Title>A - ~-fll,,e (l:~ &lt; t</Title>
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    <Paragraph position="0"> It is widely accepted that semanti(: ttleories should, as far as possible, be compositional. The claim that a dmory is (:omt)ositional, however, lacks bite if lexical and pre-lexical items are allowed to mean dilrerent things ill difl'erent contexts. The aim of the current paper is to show how to deal with a well-known t)henolnenon by relying on (:ombinatorim effects to infer difforent consequences from the same items in difl'erent contexts without altering the contributions that these items make individually.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1">  with a well-defined end point was in progress at some time in the past, and that it is reasonable to suppose that this end point was eventually reached Ihmrietta did cross the road. Cases like (1) are generally taken to be prototypical: the present parti(:it)le marker indicates the progressive aspect, which says that sonto extended event with a recognisable end t)oint is in progress and will probably reach its conclusion.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> (Asher, 1992) considers the circumstances under which (1) will lend you to conclude that Henrietta did indeed reach the far side of the road, arguing that this conclusion can only be reached by using a default inference rule which would be cancelled in cases like:</Paragraph>
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