The Case of Spanish Interrogatives: Intonation and Procedural Encoding

Escandell-Vidal, M. Victoria

doi:10.1075/pbns.58.09esc

In:Current Issues in Relevance Theory
Edited by Villy Rouchota and Andreas H. Jucker
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 58] 1998
► pp. 169–204

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Intonation and Procedural Encoding

The Case of Spanish Interrogatives

M. Victoria Escandell-Vidal

Published online: 15 June 1998

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.58.09esc

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