, kau became meaningless; it converts direct
questions into indirect questions. In my view, it can't even be
seen as some kind of logical converter, because I think indirect
questions are semantically more basic than direct questions
This seems an odd position: how can one talk about a direct question until there is one to talk about. Admitedly, if you go by the performative-verb-head style grammar, then questions arise from a "I ask Q" structure, but there is no reason to think that, at that level, Q is distinctly indirect, that being a surface feature which might emerge if the preformative is also brought to the surface.
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