Thierry Raeber

List of John Benjamins publications in which Thierry Raeber is involved.

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Raeber, Thierry 2016 Distinguishing rhetorical from ironical questions: A relevance-theoretic account Relevance Theory: Recent developments, current challenges and future directions, Padilla Cruz, Manuel (ed.), pp. 173–190 | Article

This chapter seeks to differentiate ironical questions from rhetorical questions, as they are often thought to share apparent similarities. Ironical questions are often taken as types of rhetorical questions because they orient towards an obvious answer and have some persuasive power. A… read more