Expectation Biases and Context Management with Negative Polar Questions.

This paper examines distinctive discourse properties of preposed negative yes/no questions (NPQs), such as Isn't Jane coming too?. Unlike with other yes/no questions, using an NPQ ∼ p? invariably conveys a bias toward a particular answer, where the polarity of the bias is opposite of the polarity of...

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Published in:	Journal of Philosophical Logic Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 51 - 93
Main Author:	Silk, Alex
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Feb2020
Subjects:	Expectation (Philosophy) General semantics Negation (Logic) Questioning
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost