问句的语义理论

On the Semantics Theory of Questions

从四个维度论证三个结论,一是问句能改变语境信息,二是不同的问题间存在一定的依赖关系,三是概念"解决"在刻画依赖关系中的重要性。结论同时表明了从逻辑角度研究问句或问题的必要性。全面考察逻辑发展过程中一些有影响或有过影响的问句语义理论,并以概念"解决"为标准对它们作出衡量。

This paper shows that questions can change contextual information,and there is a certain dependency relation between different questions. It also shows that the conception"solving"is important in interpreting this relation. The above three conclusions are demonstrated from the four dimensions,and they also show the necessity of studying questions from a logical perspective. After that,the paper comprehensively examines some influential semantic theories of questions which had/has been developed by some logicians or linguists,and appraise them with the concept of "solving"as the standard.