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Dynamic Predicate Logic of Dependent Questions and Answers

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In the progress of formal semantics of natural language, one of the main themes is formal semantics of questions and answers.

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Ogata, N. (2007). Dynamic Predicate Logic of Dependent Questions and Answers. In: Sakurai, A., Hasida, K., Nitta, K. (eds) New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. JSAI JSAI 2003 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3609. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71009-7_35

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