Questions and Answers in Embedded Contexts

Lahiri, Utpal

ISBN 10: 019824133X / ISBN 13: 9780198241331

Published by Oxford University Press, 2002

About this Item

Linguists have realised that predicates of the "know" and "wonder" classes behave differently in semantic terms with respect to their interrogative complements, but have not so far fully understood how or why. This book seeks to explore and to provide solutions to this and to related problems. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous linguistic tree diagrams. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592. . 2002. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Questions and Answers in Embedded Contexts
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019824133X
• ISBN 13: 9780198241331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Linguists have realized for some time that predicates of the 'know' and 'wonder' classes behave differently in semantic terms with respect to their interrogative complements, but have not so far fully understood how or why. This book seeks to explore and to provide solutions to this and to related problems in explaining the meaning and grammar of embedded interrogatives and the predicates that take interrogative complements (indirect questions and how they are answered).

About the Author

Utpal Lahiri is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Irvine. Having obtained his doctorate from MIT in 1991, he was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Connecticut (1992), and Lecturer at MIT (1991-2) before taking up his present position.