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First and foremost, I must thank Gennaro Chierchia for his constant encouragement and generosity, and for guiding me through the formal semantics maze. I have also benefitted for the comments and suggestions made by F. Landman, P. Jacobson, M. Rivero and the L&P anonymous referees. As it is usually the case, all remaining errors and/or misunderstandings must remain the exclusive property of the author.
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Suñer, M. About indirect questions and semi-questions. Linguist Philos 16, 45–77 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984722
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