[Lingtyp] What is propositional content?

[Vladimir Panov]

Dear colleagues,

I want to thank everyone again for a very enthusiastic reaction to my
question!

Best,
Vladimir

On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM Vladimir Panov <panovmeister at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear typologists,
>
> In various traditions of linguistics, both "formal" and "functional",
> there is a habit to speak of "propositional content". I have a feeling that
> this term is very difficult to define, especially if one takes
> cross-linguistic variation seriously. In practice, many linguistis tend to
> use the term as if the reader knew exactly what it means. Needles to say,
> the term has a long and complex history.
>
> Are you aware of any relatively up-to-date and possibly typllogy-friendly
> literature which discusses this problem?
>
> Thank you,
> Vladimir
>
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