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diff --git a/linguistics/semantics.md b/linguistics/semantics.md
index 96bbb17..a590de3 100644
--- a/linguistics/semantics.md
+++ b/linguistics/semantics.md
@@ -33,12 +33,34 @@ With basic logic and the lambda calculus under our belt, we may simply get strai
### Entities and Functions
-> I am Alice.
-> Alice is bad.
-> The blue pigeon flew away.
+> *I am Alice.* <br>
+> *Alice is bad.* <br>
+> *The blue pigeon flew away.*
+
+- Noun: $⟨e,t⟩ ↝ λx.Noun(x)$
+- Verb (intransitive): $⟨e,t⟩ ↝ λx.Verb(x)$
+- Verb (transitive): $⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩ ↝ λy.λx.Verb(x, y)$
+- Verb (meaningless): $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨e,t⟩⟩ ↝ λP.λx.P(x)$
+- Adj: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨e,t⟩⟩ ↝ λNoun.λx.[Adj(x) ∧ Noun(x)]$
+
+- or (clausal): $⟨t,⟨t,t⟩⟩ ↝ λq.λp.[p ∨ q]$
+- and (clausal): $⟨t,⟨t,t⟩⟩ ↝ λq.λp.[p ∧ q]$
+- or (verbal): $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨e,t⟩⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.λx.[P(x) ∨ Q(x)]$
+- and (verbal): $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨e,t⟩⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.λx.[P(x) ∧ Q(x)]$
+- or (quantifiers): $⟨⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩,⟨⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩,⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.λy.λx.[P(x,y) ∨ Q(x,y)]$
+- and (quantifiers): $⟨⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩,⟨⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩,⟨e,⟨e,t⟩⟩⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.λy.λx.[P(x,y) ∧ Q(x,y)]$
+
+- not: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨e,t⟩⟩ ↝ λP.λx.¬P(x)$
### Quantification
+- every: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.∀x.[P(x) → Q(x)]$
+ - everything: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩ ↝ λP.∀x.P(x)$
+- some: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.∃x.[P(x) ∧ Q(x)]$
+ - something: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩ ↝ λP.∃x.P(x)$
+- no: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩⟩ ↝ λQ.λP.∀x.[P(x) → ¬Q(x)] (or λQ.λP.¬∃x.[P(x) ∧ Q(x)])$
+ - nothing: $⟨⟨e,t⟩,t⟩ ↝ λP.¬∃x.P(x)$ (or $λP.∀x.¬P(x))$
+
### Reference
### Numbers and Plurality
@@ -53,9 +75,9 @@ With basic logic and the lambda calculus under our belt, we may simply get strai
### Command, Request, Obligation
-> Alice, run!<br>
-> Alice, please run.<br>
-> Alice should run.
+> *Alice, run!* <br>
+> *Alice, please run.* <br>
+> *Alice should run.*
### Questions
## Resources
diff --git a/linguistics/syntax.md b/linguistics/syntax.md
index de6a0b9..46708fa 100644
--- a/linguistics/syntax.md
+++ b/linguistics/syntax.md
@@ -420,8 +420,11 @@ This now makes our top-level phrase type $T$ instead of $V$. It will not remain
### verb raising
### subject-auxiliary inversion
+
### head movement
+## Move, Part II
+
### wh-movement
### subject raising
@@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ First, some definitions. We distinguish several classes of pronouns:
Every pronoun (pro-form, really) has an **antecedent**: that is, the phrase or concept it is in *reference* to. In contrast to pronouns, we also have **r-expressions**: an **independently referential** expression. These are names, proper nouns, descriptions, epithets, and the like: ex. *Alice*, *British Columbia*, *the man on the corner*, *the idiot*, etc; and have no antecedent.
We say that a node and another node are **coreferential** (or **co-indexed**) if they refer to the same concept or entity. On tree diagrams, we often refer to this with numerical ($_0$, $_1$, ...) or alphabetical ($_i$, $_j$, $_k$) subscripts. (Though we could also indicate this with arrows, we prefer to reserve those for movement, so as to not clutter our diagrams too much.) This is a useful notion when it comes to pronouns.
+
...
The theory of binding operates under three fundamental principles.
@@ -542,6 +546,7 @@ We have discussed some principles that, clearly, cannot be a feature of all natu
This notion of *principles* that occur for some languages and do not occur for others forms what is either the framework of *Principles and Parameters*, or *Government and Binding Theory*. I do not understand the difference between them, and suspect what is above to be a mixture of both as neither were explicitly mentioned. Nevertheless, everything given here is for English, not some cross-linguistic model of the mind. English remains useful by virtue of being mine and many's L1 language - and by being such a *mess* of a language that its structure cannot be explained away trivially.
### negation
+
### ellipsis
## References