Open AccessAttention! 'Might' in Inquisitive Semantics
Author(s) -
Ivano Ciardelli,
Jeroen Groenendijk,
Floris Roelofsen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
proceedings from semantics and linguistic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-5951
pISSN - 2163-5943
DOI - 10.3765/salt.v0i0.2520
Subject(s) - semantics (computer science) , sentence , meaning (existential) , computer science , natural language processing , linguistics , psychology , programming language , philosophy , psychotherapist
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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