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Varieties of Questions in English Conversation: 3 (Studies in Discourse and Grammar) - Hardcover

Weber, Elizabeth G.

 
9789027226136: Varieties of Questions in English Conversation: 3 (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 902722613X ISBN 13: 9789027226136
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1993

Synopsis

This book examines relations which hold between morphosyntactic form and communicative function in discourse by examining form-function correlations of noninterrogative questions in ordinary English conversation. So-called nontypical declarative and nonclausal questions are identified functionally. The role morphosyntax plays in the production and interpretation of these forms as doing questioning is then considered. Speakers are shown to use specific patterns of morphosyntactic marking to enable recipients to interpret noninterrogatives as functional questions. Explanations for morphosyntactic patterns found in the data are stated in terms of discourse use.

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Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
902722613X
ISBN 13 
9789027226136
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
265