Attention! 'Might' in Inquisitive Semantics

Authors

  • Ivano Ciardelli Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation
  • Jeroen Groenendijk Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation
  • Floris Roelofsen Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v19i0.2520

Abstract

This paper points out that the notion of meaning propounded by inquisitive semantics is not only suited to capture both informative and inquisitive content, but also a sentence's potential to draw attention to certain possibilities. This gives rise to a novel analysis of 'might'.

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Published

2009-09-03

Issue

Proceedings of SALT 19

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