This article analyzes Knowledge Confirmation Questions (KCQ) in Basque, an instance of non-canonical questions that has not been analyzed yet. KCQs display three characteristic elements, namely, (i) a declarative-type syntax, (ii) an interrogative-like intonation, and (iii) the discourse particle ba; and are interpreted as follows: “Do you know that p?”. Here, I propose that the meaning contribution of KCQs derives from the interaction of these three elements. More precisely, I argue that their question-like intonation, which adds interrogative interpretation, takes scope over ba, which regulates the addressee’s Doxastic State and undergoes context shift. Basque KCQs constitute an interesting case study, because they raise some interesting questions on the syntactization of discourse and the properties of discourse particles, as they seem to contradict the assumption that discourse particles do not fall under the scope of sentential operators.

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从句类型与言语行为：巴斯克语中的知识确认问题

本文分析了巴斯克语中的知识确认问题 (KCQ)，这是一个尚未分析的非规范问题实例。KCQ 显示三个特征元素，即 (i) 陈述式句法，(ii) 疑问句式语调，以及 (iii) 语篇助词吧; 并解释如下：“你知道吗p？”。在这里，我提出 KCQ 的意义贡献源于这三个元素的相互作用。更准确地说，我认为他们的疑问式语调，增加了疑问的解释，占据了范围吧，它调节收件人的信念状态并经历上下文转换。巴斯克语 KCQ 构成了一个有趣的案例研究，因为它们提出了一些关于语篇句法化和语篇助词属性的有趣问题，因为它们似乎与语篇助词不属于句子运算符范围的假设相矛盾。