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at-issueness: a standalone construct

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Semantics

whether a piece of content addresses the current question under discussion, proposed as what determines whether that content projects.

In semantics, at-issueness refers to whether a piece of content addresses the current question under discussion, proposed as what determines whether that content projects. This meaning comes from Simons (2010) in Semantics and Linguistic Theory.[1]

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current3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs question under discussion1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct semantics2 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Simons, M., Tonhauser, J., Beaver, D., & Roberts, C. (2010). What projects and why. Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 20, 309. https://doi.org/10.3765/salt.v20i0.2584

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