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3. STAR-2 inference combining question with answer content (10.4.10).
4. STAR-2 inference interpreting moi/toi in quoted speech (11.2.3).
5. STAR-2 inference interpreting ça coreferentially (11.3.6)

The STAR-1 inferences derive a modified version of a STAR-0 content which
is stored at the now front of the speaker's Word Bank and used for language
production. The STAR-2.1-STAR-2.4 inferences change a STAR-1 content
prior to storage at the now front of the hearer's Word Bank. The STAR-2.5 in-
ference 11.2.3 does not derive new content, but applies to stored content with-
out permanently changing it - as if it were looking through a pair of glasses.
The inferences listed in 11.2.4 and 11.2.5 all use the same format, consisting
of an input schema, a connective, an output schema, and variable restrictions. It
is a matter of further research to design more inferences as needed, to combine
them to obtain generalizations where possible, and to classify them into more
and more differentiated groups and subgroups. According to the Sequential
Inferencing Principle (SIP, 5.2.5), two inferences x and y may be applied in
sequence iff the consequent of x equals the antecedent of y.

11.3 Indexical vs. Coreferential Uses of 3rd Pronouns

In texts containing direct speech, moi and toi refer to language proplets - in-
stead of pointing to the values of the STAR's A and R attributes, as in dialogue.
Such reference to activated language items, based on the inference 11.2.3, pro-
vides us with a model for the interpretation of third person indexicals.
The pointer ça may refer not only indexically to the value of the STAR's
3rd attribute (e.g., 10.1.6), but also coreferentially to activated language items,
assuming grammatical and semantic compatibility. Consider the following ex-
ample of an object sentence construction:

11.3.1 A MBIGUOUS HEAR MODE CONTENT

Mary knew that she was happy. STAR − 2
On the indexical reading, she refers to a female other than Mary, e.g., Suzy;
this may be shown graphically as follows:

11.3.2 I NDEXICAL USE OF she
she

Mary knew that was happy.