For example, the Polish mereologist, in certain contexts, might be able to speak truly in asserting 'any objects compose a further object', whereas an assertion of the negation of this sentence might true in different contexts.
Is the story an assertion of the triumph of the word?
Loans are an assertion of the trustees' responsibilities to share the collection as widely as possible".
It is an assertion of the core values of civilized society.
Therefore, the position being held by more women suggests an assertion of the female point of view.
Prosecutors traditionally have various legal challenges that they can bring to an assertion of the spousal privilege.
Some "conducive" yes/no questions are treated by recipients as conveying an assertion of the opposite polarity to that of the grammatical form of the question.
Mrs. Frothingham's claim was thus reduced [p500] to an assertion of "the States' interest in their legislative prerogatives," ibid., a third-party claim that could properly be barred.
* This case arises from an attempt by the State of California to punish an assertion of the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination.
I propose a way of deriving the interpretation of rhetorical questions and address why rhetorical questions have the interpretation of an assertion of the opposite polarity.
In general, a rhetorical question has the illocutionary force of an assertion of the opposite polarity from what is apparently asked.
