The Logic of Interrogation (classical version)
@article{Groenendijk1999TheLO,
title={The Logic of Interrogation (classical version)},
author={J. Groenendijk},
journal={Current Opinion in Gastroenterology},
year={1999}
}On the standard view, logic is concerned with reasoning, more in particular with fixing criteria for the soundness and validity of arguments . If we apply standard logic in natural language semantics, we inherit this basic trait, and can only expect our logical semantics to have descriptive and explanatory value for the kind of linguistic phenomena that are related closely enough to what the logic is about. Reasoning is just one particular language game. And if we think of our daily… Expand
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