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Nadine Theiler
Publikováno v:
Linguistics and Philosophy. 44:323-362
This paper develops an account of the German discourse particle denn that captures the meaning contribution of this particle in polar questions, wh-questions, and certain conditional antecedents in a unified way. It is shown that the behavior of denn
Autor:
Nadine Theiler
Publikováno v:
Semantics and Linguistic Theory. 30:252
It is often assumed that presuppositions in wh-questions project universally. However, Schwarz & Simonenko (2018) note examples of such questions where universal projection is absent. I discuss their account and propose an alternative: by reasoning a
Publikováno v:
Natural Language Semantics
Natural Language Semantics, 27(2), 95-134. Springer Netherlands
Natural Language Semantics, 27(2), 95-134. Springer Netherlands
It is a long-standing puzzle why predicates like believe embed declarative but not interrogative complements (e.g., Bill believes that/*whether Mary left) and why predicates like wonder embed interrogative but not declarative complements (e.g., Bill
Publikováno v:
Journal of Semantics
Journal of Semantics, 35(3), 409-466. Oxford University Press
Journal of Semantics, 35(3), 409-466. Oxford University Press
This paper proposes a semantics for declarative and interrogative complements and for so-called responsive verbs, like know and forget, which embed both kinds of complements. Following Groenendijk & Stokhof (1984), we pursue a uniform account in the
Publikováno v:
Semantics and Linguistic Theory
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 27, 248-265
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 27, 248-265
It is a long-standing puzzle why verbs like believe and think take declarative but not interrogative complements (e.g., *Bill believes whether Mary left), while closely related verbs like know and be certain take both kinds of complements. We show th
Publikováno v:
Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 26, 122-141
Responsive verbs like know embed both declarative and interrogative complements. Standard accounts of such verbs are reductive: they assume that whether an individual stands in a knowledge-wh relation to a question is determined by whether she stands
Publikováno v:
Linguistics and Philosophy, 40(1), 1-36. Springer Netherlands
There is a prominent line of work in natural language semantics, rooted in the work of Hamblin, in which the meaning of a sentence is not taken to be a single proposition, but rather a set of propositions—a set of alternatives. This allows for a mo