Chapter 15
Whether you like it or not, this is a paper about or not
The paper deals with the English expression or not and its Dutch counterpart of niet. It is argued that the phrase’s meaning contribution is not descriptive (truth-conditional), but primarily pragmatic in nature, with a different interpretation depending on the exact context it is used in.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The “whether…or type”
- 3.The “question or not type”
- 4.The “assertion or…not type”
- 5.Concluding remarks
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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References