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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Public arguments concluding to this claim, and structural counter-arguments that contest it. Each side may be empty — that is honest, not absent.
Arguments for (1)
Arguments against (2)
- Key aspects of TaG's argumentation remain unsubstantiated, so their thesis requires further detailed analysis and a broader empirical foundation.untested-supported
- Even if deniability and answerhood were established, they would not prove that wh-exclamatives and emotive-predicate assertions have identical descriptive content.untested-supported
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