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1 Introduction

Conjectural Questions No No Rhetorical Questions Yes Yes Table 0 1: Speaker and Addressee Knowledge Across Sentence Types The ﬁnal question is how we can derive the right semantics and pragmatics for Con-jectural Questions Ideally, we want to derive the meaning compositionally, using only the

The Measurement Of Conjectural Variations In An Oligopoly

conjectural variations should fall into a given range of values As it happens, the output and price levels generated by the extremes of this conjectural variation range correspond to the outputs and prices of firms operating at the opposite ends of the competitive-monopoly spectrum

Where Leading Questions Can Lead: The Power of Conjecture in

basis for the question Hence, observers will treat the question as conjectural evidence for the view of the respondent implied by the question In addition, observers who listen to respondents answer leading questions may be misled by the answers because, in an effort to cooperate with the questioner, respondents

Ttagutta

FOR the meaning of ttdgutta, listed in BSOS , VIII, 138, further evidence has now been found to replace the conjectural meaning there assigned It is necessary for this purpose to quote, however reluctantly, from still unpublished texts, but it is time to make the correction It will be seen that not all the quoted passages can yet be

GRAMMATICALIZATION AND PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF A DISSERTATION

belief, thus enhancing speaker involvement Second, from the conjectural meaning, nun/un/ul kes kath developed to include a function as a politeness marker that acts as a hedging device and is used to mitigate face threatening acts (FTA) The reason I have chosen to study -nun/un/ul kes kath is that even though it

Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality at the Semantics