2019/01/13 by Bernhard Schwarz, Schwarz, Bernhard, Alexandra Simonenko +1
Arts and Humanities · Computer Science · #Natural Language Processing Techniques #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation #Topic Modeling
paper · doi:10.18148/sub/2018.v22.111
openalex publication_date 2019/01/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Revising a proposal by Guerzoni (2003), we propose to derive universal projection of presuppositions in wh-questions, where attested, from a family of three felicity conditions on question use. Assuming that these felicity conditions can be violated under certain conditions, this proposal predicts a typology of contexts where universal projection can exceptionally be unattested. We propose that this prediction is correct, presenting a family of scenarios where the expected absence of universal projection is observed.