Relevant answers to WH-Questions

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Journal of Logic, Language and Information 13 (2):173-186 (2004)
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We consider two issues relating to WH-questions:(i) when you ask aWH-question you already have a description of the entity you are interested in,namely the description embodied in the question itself. You may evenhave very direct access to the entity – see (1) below.In general, what you want is an alternative description of some item thatyou already know a certain amount about.

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