Concealed questions under cover

@article{Aloni2008ConcealedQU,
  title={Concealed questions under cover},
  author={Maria Aloni},
  journal={European Journal of Social Psychology},
  year={2008}
}
  • M. Aloni
  • Published 12 August 2008
  • Sociology
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
Our evaluation of questions and knowledge attributions may vary relative to the way in which the relevant objects are identified. In the first part, the article proposes a theory that represents different methods of trans-world identification and is able to account for their impact on interpretation. In the second part, the same theory is used to account for the meaning of concealed questions. On the proposed account, the interpretation of a concealed question results from the application of a… 
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