When-questions and tense in Inquisitive Semantics

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ID13045661
AutoresJos Tellings (0000-0002-4259-8202, Utrecht University, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume29
Páginas22-22
Data de publicação2019-12-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoProceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2163-5943 • E-ISSN: 2163-5951
EditoraLinguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3765/salt.v29i0.4593
OpenAlexW2995594583
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas15

Temporal questions with when and their counterparts in other languages display tense restrictions: they are incompatible with the present tense that is interpreted as 'currently ongoing', and English when-questions are incompatible with the present perfect. The existence of tense restrictions is one of the reasons why a theory of the semantics of questions should include an account of tense and aspect. I first propose an explanation of the tense restrictions based on the pragmatics of questions and partial answers. Then, I discuss how tense and aspectual operators can be added to Inquisitive Semantics (Ciardelli, Groenendijk & Roelofsen 2018)

Past tense · Present tense · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation