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Non-declarative Sentences.
Title:
Non-declarative Sentences.
Author:
Zuber, Richard.
ISBN:
9789027280367
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (133 pages)
Series:
Pragmatics & Beyond
Contents:
NON-DECLARATIVE SENTENCES -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- 0. INTRODUCTION -- 1. INTENSIONAL RELATIONS -- 2. INDIRECT NON-DECLARATIVES -- 3. UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS -- 4. NON-DECLARATIVES -- 5. QUESTIONS AND CONDITIONALS -- 6.TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS -- FOOTNOTES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
Non-declarative sentences such as interrogatives, imperatives and exclamations are analyzed together as a single class. The author gives a general characterization of all three types and shows that there are no other types of non-declarative sentences. Definitions are offered for the notions of declaration and presupposition. These definitions are applicable to all types of sentence, both declarative and non-declarative. A defining characteristic of non-declarative sentences is that only strongly intensional operators can apply to them to form complex sentences. It is shown that this property of non-declaratives implies that such sentences do not have declarations. A particular case of the relation between questions and conditionals is studied in more detail.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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