Edgar Onea, Dr Phil (1980), University of Göttingen, is a Junior Professor for Theoretical Linguistics at the Courant Research Centre “Text Structures”. He has published a wide range of articles on the semantics-pragmatics interface and formal pragmatics.

• 1 Introduction 11.1 What are potential questions? 1.2 Potential questions in grammar 1.3 Discourse coherence and potential questions 1.4 How to read this book 2 Potential questions in grammar 2.1 Specificational constructions 2.2 Indefinite pronouns and determiners 2.3 Appositives and non-restrictive material 2.4 Where indefinites and appositives converge 3 Questions and interrogatives – the basics 3.1 Main semantic approaches to questions 3.2 Questions in inquisitive semantics 3.3 Highlighting 3.4 Answerhood 3.5 Sub-questions3.6 Questions and interrogatives 4 Potential questions as parameters of discourse representation 4.1 The notion of potential questions 4.2 The representation of potential questions 4.3 Reconstructing PQs5 Nominal appositives and non-restrictive relative clauses 5.1 The projection problem5.2 The proposal 5.3 Consequences5.4 Conclusion 6 The semantics of specificational constructions 6.1 The common core of specificational particles6.2 Namlich and und zwar 6.3 Explanation and specification 6.4 Discourse referents and potential questions 7 The semantics of indefinite determiners 7.1 The story so far 7.2 The compositional system 7.3 Indefinites and questions 7.4 Scope control and potential questions 7.5 Functional readings 7.6 Lexical variation 8 Potential questions in discourse 8.1 Strategic discourse and potential questions 8.2 The representation of potential questions in discourse 8.3 From discourse trees to SDRT and back 9 Outlook Index

Edgar Onea, Dr Phil (1980), University of Göttingen, is a Junior Professor for Theoretical Linguistics at the Courant Research Centre “Text Structures”. He has published a wide range of articles on the semantics-pragmatics interface and formal pragmatics.

• 1 Introduction 11.1 What are potential questions? 1.2 Potential questions in grammar 1.3 Discourse coherence and potential questions 1.4 How to read this book 2 Potential questions in grammar 2.1 Specificational constructions 2.2 Indefinite pronouns and determiners 2.3 Appositives and non-restrictive material 2.4 Where indefinites and appositives converge 3 Questions and interrogatives – the basics 3.1 Main semantic approaches to questions 3.2 Questions in inquisitive semantics 3.3 Highlighting 3.4 Answerhood 3.5 Sub-questions3.6 Questions and interrogatives 4 Potential questions as parameters of discourse representation 4.1 The notion of potential questions 4.2 The representation of potential questions 4.3 Reconstructing PQs5 Nominal appositives and non-restrictive relative clauses 5.1 The projection problem5.2 The proposal 5.3 Consequences5.4 Conclusion 6 The semantics of specificational constructions 6.1 The common core of specificational particles6.2 Namlich and und zwar 6.3 Explanation and specification 6.4 Discourse referents and potential questions 7 The semantics of indefinite determiners 7.1 The story so far 7.2 The compositional system 7.3 Indefinites and questions 7.4 Scope control and potential questions 7.5 Functional readings 7.6 Lexical variation 8 Potential questions in discourse 8.1 Strategic discourse and potential questions 8.2 The representation of potential questions in discourse 8.3 From discourse trees to SDRT and back 9 Outlook Index

Edgar Onea, Dr Phil (1980), University of Göttingen, is a Junior Professor for Theoretical Linguistics at the Courant Research Centre “Text Structures”. He has published a wide range of articles on the semantics-pragmatics interface and formal pragmatics.

• 1 Introduction 11.1 What are potential questions? 1.2 Potential questions in grammar 1.3 Discourse coherence and potential questions 1.4 How to read this book 2 Potential questions in grammar 2.1 Specificational constructions 2.2 Indefinite pronouns and determiners 2.3 Appositives and non-restrictive material 2.4 Where indefinites and appositives converge 3 Questions and interrogatives – the basics 3.1 Main semantic approaches to questions 3.2 Questions in inquisitive semantics 3.3 Highlighting 3.4 Answerhood 3.5 Sub-questions3.6 Questions and interrogatives 4 Potential questions as parameters of discourse representation 4.1 The notion of potential questions 4.2 The representation of potential questions 4.3 Reconstructing PQs5 Nominal appositives and non-restrictive relative clauses 5.1 The projection problem5.2 The proposal 5.3 Consequences5.4 Conclusion 6 The semantics of specificational constructions 6.1 The common core of specificational particles6.2 Namlich and und zwar 6.3 Explanation and specification 6.4 Discourse referents and potential questions 7 The semantics of indefinite determiners 7.1 The story so far 7.2 The compositional system 7.3 Indefinites and questions 7.4 Scope control and potential questions 7.5 Functional readings 7.6 Lexical variation 8 Potential questions in discourse 8.1 Strategic discourse and potential questions 8.2 The representation of potential questions in discourse 8.3 From discourse trees to SDRT and back 9 Outlook Index