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Inquisitive Semantics: A New Notion of Meaning
Author(s) -
Ciardelli Ivano,
Groenendijk Jeroen,
Roelofsen Floris
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/lnc3.12037
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , cornerstone , semantics (computer science) , linguistics , epistemology , computer science , psychology , philosophy , art , programming language , visual arts
This paper presents a notion of meaning that captures both informative and inquisitive content, which forms the cornerstone of inquisitive semantics. The new notion of meaning is explained and motivated in detail, and compared to previous inquisitive notions of meaning.