Comparative Concept: question referent (inf)

question referent (inf)

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Alias(se) question referent
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Definition

an unspecified referent in the scope of interrogation, especially polar - interrogatives. Example: in Can you hear anything?, anything is a question pronoun expressing a referent that only 'exists' in a hypothetical world, the possibility of whose existence is being entertained by the questioner. (Section 3.5)