| Description |
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; volume 36
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Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface ; v. 36.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction (Zimmermann, von Heusinger and Onea); Chapter 2. Focus, Questions and Givenness (Büring); Chapter 3. The Scalar Particle har'i in Ngamo (West Chadic) (Grubic); Chapter 4. Question-Answer Pairs in Sign Languages (Herrmann, Proske and Volk); Chapter 5. Inferring Meaning from Indirect Answers to Polar Questions: the Contribution of the Rise-Fall-Rise Contour (de Marneffe and Tonhauser); Chapter 6. Constructing QUD Trees; Chapter 7. Underneath Rhetorical Relations: the Case of Result |
| Summary |
The volume Questions in Discourse - Vol. 2 Pragmatics collects original research on the role of questions in understanding text structure and discourse pragmatics. The in-depth studies discuss the effects of focus, questions and givenness in unalternative semantics, as well as the role of scalar particles, question-answer pairs and prosody from the perspective of Questions under Discussion. Two contributions compare the discourse-structuring potential of Questions under Discussion and rhetorical relations, whereas another adds a perspective from inquisitive semantics. Some contributions also look at understudied languages. Together, the contributions allow for a better understanding of question-related pragmatic and discourse-semantic phenomena, and they offer new perspectives on the structure of texts and discourses. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative.
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Question (Logic)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative |
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Question (Logic) |
| Added Author |
Zimmermann, Malte, 1970- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtBYrXPmhTf7vGGt6PDG3
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Heusinger, Klaus von, editor.
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Onea Gáspár, Edgar, editor.
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| Added Title |
Pragmatics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9004378316 9789004378315 (OCoLC)1066177891 |
| ISBN |
9789004378322 (electronic book) |
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9004378324 (electronic book) |
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9789004378315 (hardcover) |
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9004378316 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004378322. |
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