It is a long-standing puzzle why verbs like believe and think take declarative but not interrogative complements (e.g., *Bill believes whether Mary left), while closely related verbs like know and be certain take both kinds of complements. We show that this contrast can be derived from the fact that believe and think, unlike know and be certain, are neg-raising verbs
This dissertation explores, through three case studies, the relationship between the lexical semanti...
According to what I call the ‘Vagueness Thesis’ (‘VT’) about belief, ‘believes’ is a vague predicate...
Under the suppositional account of conditionals, when people think about a conditional assertion, "i...
It is a long-standing puzzle why predicates like believe embed declarative but not interrogative com...
First version. (as of 11/18/2007) NB. Some references are still missing).Attitude verbs fall in diff...
White (2021) has observed that some clause-embedding predicates (esp. doxastic attitude verbs like b...
This paper contributes to the debate concerning whether the attitude verb believe has a weak or a st...
The C-t effect has been extensively researched with regards to its variability, however, matrix verb...
The C-t effect has been extensively researched with regards to its variability, however, matrix verb...
The article deals with the contrast between the sentential complements of verbs like want and believ...
Responsive verbs like know embed both declarative and interrogative complements. Standard accounts o...
White (2021) has observed that some clause-embedding predicates (esp. doxastic attitude verbs like b...
The cognitive attitude verb KNOW in most languages typically selects for a factive complement (Kipar...
Different verbs can take different kinds of arguments. Factive verbs such as remember and forget tak...
This paper argues that there are two kinds of cognitive belief, and the word ‘believe’ is polysemous...
This dissertation explores, through three case studies, the relationship between the lexical semanti...
According to what I call the ‘Vagueness Thesis’ (‘VT’) about belief, ‘believes’ is a vague predicate...
Under the suppositional account of conditionals, when people think about a conditional assertion, "i...
It is a long-standing puzzle why predicates like believe embed declarative but not interrogative com...
First version. (as of 11/18/2007) NB. Some references are still missing).Attitude verbs fall in diff...
White (2021) has observed that some clause-embedding predicates (esp. doxastic attitude verbs like b...
This paper contributes to the debate concerning whether the attitude verb believe has a weak or a st...
The C-t effect has been extensively researched with regards to its variability, however, matrix verb...
The C-t effect has been extensively researched with regards to its variability, however, matrix verb...
The article deals with the contrast between the sentential complements of verbs like want and believ...
Responsive verbs like know embed both declarative and interrogative complements. Standard accounts o...
White (2021) has observed that some clause-embedding predicates (esp. doxastic attitude verbs like b...
The cognitive attitude verb KNOW in most languages typically selects for a factive complement (Kipar...
Different verbs can take different kinds of arguments. Factive verbs such as remember and forget tak...
This paper argues that there are two kinds of cognitive belief, and the word ‘believe’ is polysemous...
This dissertation explores, through three case studies, the relationship between the lexical semanti...
According to what I call the ‘Vagueness Thesis’ (‘VT’) about belief, ‘believes’ is a vague predicate...
Under the suppositional account of conditionals, when people think about a conditional assertion, "i...
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