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Syntax-Semantics Seminar: Maayan Abenina-Adar, “Know whether-sentences and ever-free relatives”

Campbell Hall 2122

In certaindiscourses, a know whether sentence is unacceptable when its answer iscommon knowledge as in (1). Similarly, an ever-free relative isunacceptable when the identity of its referent is known in some relevant way,as in (2).(1) A: Don'tforget your umbrella. It's going to rain today.B: Yes, Iknow { #whether, that } it's going to rain today. I...