Semantic analysis of wh-complements

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Linguistics and Philosophy 5 (2):175 - 233 (1982)
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This paper presents an analysis of wh-complements in Montague Grammar. We will be concerned primarily with semantics, though some remarks on syntax are made in Section 4. Questions and wh-comple ments in Montague Grammar have been studied in Hamblin (1976), Bennett (1979), Karttunen (1977) and Hauser (1978) among others. These proposals will not be discussed explicitly, but some differences with Karttunen's analysis will be pointed out along the way

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Martin Stokhof
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Syntax and semantics of questions.Lauri Karttunen - 1977 - Linguistics and Philosophy 1 (1):3--44.
Montague Grammar.Barbara H. Partee - 1980 - Journal of Philosophy 77 (5):278-312.
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