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Author(s) -
Kyle Rawlins
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.v0i0.2688
Subject(s) - proposition , predicate (mathematical logic) , content (measure theory) , noun , linguistics , computer science , mathematics , natural language processing , philosophy , programming language , mathematical analysis
I provide a compositional account of about -PPs in combination with attitude predicates, content nouns, and as a predicate. The account requires that attitude predicates are properties of content-bearing eventualities, rather than relations that take propositions (or other clause denotations) as arguments. I argue further that the relevant notion of 'content' must be extremely general, allowing for question-like, proposition-like, and hybrid meanings.