We discuss problems familiar from the literature on presupposition and information structure,
and illustrate how a synthesis using the Question Under Discussion (QUD) framework yields …

The accent pattern known as verum focus is commonly understood as an ordinary
alternative focus on the truth of a proposition. This standard view, which we call the focus …

This dissertation investigates a variety of issues on question semantics, especially the
interpretations of mention-some questions, multiple-wh questions, and questions with …

In the past decades of research, questions have become a very prominent topic at the
semantics-pragmatics interface. Certainly, they are a natural and challenging topic for any …

Text simplification aims to make technical texts more accessible to laypeople but often
results in deletion of information and vagueness. This work proposes InfoLossQA, a …

We present a detailed manual for a pragmatic, ie meaning-based, method for the information-
structural analysis of naturally attested data, which is built on the idea that for any assertion …

We discuss and combine representation formats for discourse structure, in particular 'd-trees'
from QUD theory and SDRT graphs. QUD trees are derived from SDRT graphs, while …

Upon hearing the sentence Messi, who once scored a goal with his hand, won the Ballon
d'Or, the addressee is likely to interpret the main clause as conveying the “main point” and …

Much recent research has recognized the importance of focus and contrastive topic in
assertions for discourse coherence. However, with few exceptions, it has been neglected …

This paper argues that the meaning of a clausal ellipsis site can only be recovered from a
syntactically derived question, regardless of whether this question is explicitly uttered or is …