Alternative semantics
Alternative semantics (or Hamblin semantics) is a framework in
questions
. In this framework, a question denotes the set of its possible answers. Thus, if and are propositions, then is the denotation of the question whether or is true. Since the 1970s, it has been extended and adapted to analyze phenomena including
See also
- Montague grammar – Approach to natural language semantics
- Question – Request for information
- Squiggle operator – Linguistic formalism
- Inquisitive semantics – Framework in logic and natural language semantics
- Free choice inference
References
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- ^ Chierchia, Gennaro. Logic in Grammar: Polarity, Free Choice, and Intervention. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Cross, Charles; Roelofsen, Floris (11 February 2014). "Questions". In Zalta, Edward (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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