Inquisitive semantics — NASSLLI 2012 lecture notes — Ivano Ciardelli

Inquisitive semantics — NASSLLI 2012 lecture notes —

Inquisitive Semantics and Intermediate

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Inquisitive Semantics and Intermediate Logics

Contents 1 An introduction to inquisitive semantics 1 1.1 Information states and the classical update perspective .

Attention! Might in Inquisitive Semantics

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.

Inquisitive Semantics: A New Notion of Meaning

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.