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22. On the Rise and Fall of DeclarativesTue Trinh, Luka Crnič, 2011, objavljeni znanstveni prispevek na konferenci Opis: This paper argues for a new way of thinking about semantic and pragmatic effects of particular sentence intonation patterns. The main focus of the paper is on the so-called rising declaratives, i.e. sentences that have the surface structure of a declarative sentence but are pronounced with a rising pitch contour. Rising declaratives differ from both declaratives with a falling pitch contour and questions in their pragmatic effect. Our goal is to account for this difference. We propose that rising intonation contour is syntactically realized. Its semantic import is to determine the resolution of a variable in the speech act projection, i.e. rising intonation operates on speech acts. The pragmatic effects associated with rising declaratives are shown to follow from this minimal assumption and the independently motivated tenets of speech act theory.
Ključne besede: rising declaratives, biased questions
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23. Excursive questionsTue Trinh, Itai Bassi, 2023, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: We present novel observations about types of questions which occur quite frequently in natural discourse but which have so far remained unanalyzed. These are questions about a question act. We then propose an account which derives the observations. Our account relies crucially on the assumption that speech acts are grammatically represented.
Ključne besede: questions, speech acts, performative hypothesis
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24. Epistemic bias anti-licenses NPIs in polar questionsTue Trinh, 2023, objavljeni znanstveni prispevek na konferenci Opis: There is general agreement that the distribution of "any" is unrestricted in polar questions. I argue that this is not the case: in contexts where there is epistemic bias in favor of the prejacent of a polar question, the question exhibits the same behavior as a declarative with respect to the licensing of "any". I provide an account for this observation in terms of intervention: epistemic bias forces polar questions to be parsed as having a silent modal E which intervenes between "any" and the question operator "whether" that otherwise licenses "any".
Ključne besede: NPI, questions, bias, modals
Objavljeno v RUNG: 09.01.2025; Ogledov: 375; Prenosov: 4
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25. A note on speech act recursionTue Trinh, 2024, objavljeni znanstveni prispevek na konferenci Opis: I present novel observations about iterated questions, i.e. questions about questions, and propose an analysis. The conclusions I argue for are the following: (i) speech acts are represented in the grammar; (ii) speech act recursion is possible but is limited to at most two levels; (ii) declarative questions are questions about an assertion act. I also show that assuming speech acts in the grammar can help systematize some puzzling differences between matrix and embedded sentences with respect to their pronunciation.
Ključne besede: questions, speech acts, recursion, performative hypothesis
Objavljeno v RUNG: 08.01.2025; Ogledov: 433; Prenosov: 0
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