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Introduction published In: Discourse-pragmatic perspectives on interrogatives
Edited by Malte Rosemeyer
[Functions of Language 29:1] 2022
► pp. 1–24

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Introduction

Modeling the discourse pragmatics of interrogatives

ORCiD logo with link | FU Berlin | KU Leuven
Published online: 3 March 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.00041.int
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Three strands of investigation into interrogatives
  • 3.A model of the discourse pragmatics of interrogatives
  • 4.Contents of this special issue
  • Notes
  • References
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