stumped? Or just can't be bothered?!

[Doris Payne]

In response to Doug Arnold's claim that "What a short book!" does not 
express a proposition -- I would strongly disagree with that assessment!  
The proposition that I clearly have/understand for this is something 
along the lines of:
   What a short book this/that is!
I.e., it's like a predicate nominal with a zero copula.  Added to that is 
some predicate/modal of AMAZEMENT, coded via intonation.  Intonation is, 
of course, just as good a coding form as is a structural zero, or some 
overt predicate piece.
	-- Doris Payne