TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct ill
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abstract: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct illocutionary force of exclamation.
text: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct illocutionary force of exclamation.
date created: 2026-08-09T00:02:10.239Z
date published: 2026-08-09T00:02:10.239Z
date modified: 2026-08-09T00:02:10.239Z
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is part of: Paper reconstruction — Robert Wilhelmy et al. (2025), Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood
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Paper reconstruction — Robert Wilhelmy et al. (2025), Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood
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text: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct illocutionary force of exclamation.

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text: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives perform emotive assertions akin to present-tense declaratives containing emotive predicates such as be amazed or be surprised, with very similar truth conditions and presuppositions.

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text: For TaG, the wh-exclamative “How fast Eliud Kipchoge was!” and the declarative “I am amazed at how extremely fast Eliud Kipchoge was” are identical in what they assert and presuppose.

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text: TaG group these sentence types as “emotive assertions”: both assert that the speaker is amazed at the believed proposition that Eliud Kipchoge was extremely fast, and both presuppose that the speaker believes that proposition.

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text: TaG challenge reported judgments that a response with no to an exclamative is ill-formed; English speakers they consulted reportedly had no trouble responding no to the relevant English exclamative.

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text: TaG additionally support the deniability point with Greek examples and with Trotzke’s (2019) German-participant study, which classified denials as strong denial (Nein!) or weak denial (Nicht wirklich!).

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text: TaG identify two central data points cited for the opposing view that exclamations lack assertive force: their descriptive content is allegedly not directly deniable, and exclamatives allegedly cannot be used as answers to information-seeking questions.

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date published: 2026-08-09T00:02:10.239Z
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claim reviewed: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct illocutionary force of exclamation.
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  text: TaG claim that wh-exclamatives are semantically equivalent to declarative emotive assertions and therefore do not instantiate a distinct illocutionary force of exclamation.
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  rating: 0.267
  best rating: 1
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  rating explanation: Standing score derived from 2 of 6 critical questions answered, 2 inbound attacks, 0 inbound supports.