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Stechow, Arnim Von and Thomas Ede Zimmermann. 1984. Term-answers and contextual change.
Publication type
Working paper
Publication language
English
Keywords
answer | context change | knowledge | noun phrase | quantifier | wh-question

Annotation

The authors develop a pragmatic theory of the way in which NP-answers to Wh-questions affect the questioner's knowledge. The theory makes use of the interpretation of NP's as generalized quantifiers.