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Negative Polar Questions and Answers in English and Korean
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Park, Keunhyung – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The meaning of positive polar questions (PPQs) is relatively straightforward, so the truth conditions of PPQs can be decided easily. In contrast, the meaning of negative polar questions (NPQs) may vary, and simple yes-no answers to NPQs have seemingly unpredictable interpretations. For example, a simple yes answer to a PPQ like 'Did you have lunch…
Descriptors: Korean, Contrastive Linguistics, Classification, Questioning Techniques