Questions

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by  Dayal, Veneeta

Questions
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Contents
Generalpreface xi
Acknowledgments xii
. Introducingquestionsandanswers 
. Whatisaquestion? 
. Whatdoquestionsmean? 
.. Thesyntax–semanticsmap 
.. Question–answercongruence 
.. Typesofanswers 
. Mustwhexpressionsmove? 
.. Doingwithoutwhmovement 
.. Delimitingsyntacticdiscussion 
. Roadmaptothebook 
. Atheoryofquestionsandanswers 
. Theclassics 
.. Questionsassetsofpropositions 
.. Questionsassetsoftruepropositions 
.. Questionsaspartitions 
.. Advantagesofquestionsaspartitions 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Answerhoodoperators 
.. ExhaustivenessandAns-H 
.. TruthandAns-D 
PRELIM
.. Beyondtruth 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Maximalityinquestion–answerparadigms 
.. Numberinwhexpressions 
.. Maximalityinwhexpressions 
.. MaximalityandAns-D 
.. ExistentialpresuppositionandAns-D 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Thebaselinetheory 
. Exhaustiveandnon-exhaustiveanswers 
. Theweak–strongdistinctioninexhaustiveanswers 
.. Theagent,thespeaker,andthequestionunderembedding 
.. Theaddresseeandthequestionposed 
.. Domaincertaintyandcomplementation 
.. Alternativeroutestoexhaustiveness 
.. Sectionsummary 
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. Non-exhaustiveanswers 
.. Thetouristandtheentrepreneur 
.. Mono-morphemicvs.complexwhphrases 
.. Prioritymodals 
.. Theoreticalimplications 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Selectingforweak,strong,ornon-exhaustiveness 
.. Embeddingpredicates 
.. NPIlicensingandexhaustiveness 
.. ProblematicNPIs 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Exhaustivenessinthebaselinetheory 
. Single-pair,pair-list,andfunctionalanswers 
. Pair-listandfunctionalanswers 
.. Listsandmultipleconstituentquestions 
.. Listsandquestionswithquantifiers 
.. Lists andquestionswithpluraldefinites 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Thefunction-basedapproachtopair-listanswers 
.. QuantifyingoverSkolemfunctions 
.. Incorporatingstructuralsensitivity 
.. Tappingintowitnesssets 
.. Questionswithindefinites 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Functionalityinpair-listanswers 
.. Functionalitythroughfunctionalabsorption 
.. Higherorderechoquestions 
.. Functionalitythroughhigherorderquestions 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Furtherissues 
.. The properplaceofliftedquestions 
.. Presuppositionalityandlists 
.. Quantifyingintoquestionacts 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Functionsandlistsinthebaselinetheory 
. Embeddedquestions 
. Closekinofinterrogatives 
.. Freerelativesandinterrogatives 
.. Exclamativesandinterrogatives 
.. Concealedquestionsandinterrogatives 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Selection 
.. C-selectionands-selection 
.. Selectingbetween+WHcomplements 
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.. Selecting+/–WHcomplements 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Concealedquestions 
.. Definiteconcealedquestions 
.. Quantifiedconcealedquestions 
.. Concealedquestionsundercovers 
.. Sectionsummary 
. QuantificationalVariabilityEffects 
.. Quantifyingoverpropositions 
.. Quantifyingoversubquestions 
.. Propositionalconjunctionalgebras 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Embeddingindirectandconcealedquestions 
. Weakislandsandextraction 
. Weakislands,referentiality,andD-linking 
.. Weakislands 
.. ReferentialityandD-linking 
.. Sectionsummary 
. AlternativestoRelativizedMinimality 
.. Weakislandsthroughquantificationaldomains 
.. Weakislandsthroughmaximality 
.. Weakislandsthroughpresuppositions 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Maximalinformativityandmodalobviation 
.. Negativeislands,degreequestions,anddensescales 
.. Negativeislands,degreequestions,andintervalsemantics 
.. Whislandsanddegreequestions 
.. Weakislandsandmannerquestions 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Weaknessinislands 
. Whinsideislands 
. Piedpiping 
.. Subjacencyandreconstruction 
.. Alternativestoreconstruction 
.. Piedpipingmultiplewh 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Thewhtriangle 
.. Long-distancelistsinonefellswoop 
.. Long-distanceliststhroughhigherorderquestions 
.. Alittlehousekeeping 
.. Sectionsummary 
. Long-distancelistsacrossadjunctislands 
.. Single-pairanswersviachoicefunctions 
.. Multiple-pairanswersviahigherorderchoicefunctions 