Robert Stalnaker: Common Ground, 2002: A presentation of his paper and an investigation how its theories can be applied to questions.

Literature Review , 2004 , 9 Pages , Grade: A

Speech Science / Linguistics

Robert Stalnaker's pragmatic theory "Common Ground" (2002) is investigated in regard to questions. The wh-question "who left?" and the yes-no question "did someone leave?" are investigated as for a change of presupposition, common belief and common ground. For the wh-question, I came to the conclusion that there is a presupposition in the Stalnakerian notion of the term; there might be a belief change and there is a change of common ground. For the yes-no question, there is neither a presupposition included, nor a change of common belief or common ground.

• College: San Diego State University (Linguistics)
• Course: Graduate Seminar on Semantic of Questions
• Grade: A
• Author: Daniela Keller (Author)
• Publication Year: 2004
• Pages: 9
• Catalog Number: V37336
• ISBN (eBook): 9783638367097
• ISBN (Book): 9783638942058
• Language: English
• Tags: Robert, Stalnaker, Common, Ground, Graduate, Seminar, Semantic, Questions