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How to Answer a Negative Question

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The structure of questionsDirect questions have the structureQ-forcexQ-FocIP... x ...• IP contains a variable = a disjunction of possible values.• This variable/disjunction is moved <strong>to</strong> the C-domain.• Q-force is an illocutionary force feature which means ‘Tell me thevalue of the focused variable such that the proposition denoted by IP istrue.’

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