RelevanceverbsinEnglish,FrenchandDutch.Bart.ppt

My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri Karttunen in a paper on the syntax and semantics of questions. The group is only one of 9 groups that Karttunnen distinguishes, but it is one the most interesting ones because of the variety of its members. My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri Karttunen in a paper on the syntax and semantics of questions. The group is only one of 9 groups that Karttunnen distinguishes, but it is one the most interesting ones because of the variety of its members. My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri Karttunen in a paper on the syntax and semantics of questions. The group is only one of 9 groups that Karttunnen distinguishes, but it is one the most interesting ones because of the variety of its members. My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri Karttunen in a paper on the syntax and semantics of questions. The group is only one of 9 groups that Karttunnen distinguishes, but it is one the most interesting ones because of the variety of its members. My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri Karttunen in a paper on the syntax and semantics of questions. The group is only one of 9 groups that Karttunnen distinguishes, but it is one the most interesting ones because of the variety of its members. My contribution will deal with one particular group of verbs governing embedded interrogatives in English. These verbs are called ‘verbs of relevance’ by Lauri