What's wrong with believing whether?
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Journal | Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory |
| Event | Semantics and Linguistic Theory 27, 2017 |
| Volume | Issue number | 27 |
| Pages (from-to) | 248-265 |
| Organisations |
|
| Abstract | It is a long-standing puzzle why verbs like believe and think take declarative but not interrogative complements (e.g., *Bill believes whether Mary left), while closely related verbs like know and be certain take both kinds of complements. We show that this contrast can be derived from the fact that believe and think, unlike know and be certain, are neg-raising verbs. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | Proceedings of the 27th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at the University of Maryland, College Park May 12-14, 2017, edited by Dan Burgdorf, Jacob Collard, Sireemas Maspong, and Brynhildur Stefánsdóttir. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v27i0.4125 |
| Downloads |
4125-6076-1-PB
(Final published version)
|
| Permalink to this page | |
