clUB IV:

Wintersemester 2003/2004
Robert van Rooy (Universiteit van Amsterdam): Exhaustive Interpretation: Why and How

In this talk I will discuss whether the principle of exhaustive interpretation of answers to questions can be derived from more general (Gricean) principles of rational information exchange in cooperative dialogues, or whether exhaustive interpretation is rule-governed and conventional in nature.


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