This paper addresses a puzzle in the semantics of episodic free yalli relative clauses in Jordanian Arabic (henceforth, Y-FR). Despite the fact that the Y-FR functions as referential definite descriptions, especially when occupying the syntactic position of DP or PP argument, it can be interpreted non-referentially on a variety of other occasions. We resolve the puzzle by proposing a unified analysis of Y-FR based on the following assumptions: (i) the FY definite description is inherently a predicative structure. (ii) Such a predicate is interpreted via choice function. (ii) The function is represented by an epsilon term ɛ which is a function from sets of individuals into singleton sets. (iii) The output of the epsilon function undergoes further compositional operations to derive the referential and non-referential readings of the Y-FR definite description.

本文解决了约旦阿拉伯语（以下简称 Y-FR）中情节自由yalli关系从句的语义难题。尽管 Y-FR 用作指称明确描述这一事实，尤其是当占据 DP 或 PP 参数的句法位置时，它可以在各种其他场合进行非指称解释。我们通过基于以下假设对 Y-FR 进行统一分析来解决这个难题：(i) FY 确定描述本质上是一种预测结构。(ii) 这样的谓词是通过选择函数来解释的。(ii) 函数由ε项 ɛ 表示这是一个从个体集到单例集的函数。(iii) epsilon 函数的输出经过进一步的组合运算，以推导出 Y-FR 确定描述的参考和非参考读数。