Inquisitive semantics

This book presents a new logical framework to capture the meaning of sentences in conversation. The traditional approach equates meaning with truth-conditions: to know the meaning of a sentence is to know under which circumstances it is true. The reason for this is that linguistic and philosophical...

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Main Authors: Ciardelli, Ivano (Author), Groenendijk, J. A. G. (Author), Roelofsen, Floris (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2019.
Series:Oxford surveys in semantics and pragmatics 6
Oxford linguistics
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