The Contrast between Interrogatives and Questions.

Huddleston, Rodney

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Publication Date: 1994

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The Contrast between Interrogatives and Questions.

Huddleston, Rodney

Journal of Linguistics, v30 n2 p411-39 Sep 1994

Explores the relation between interrogative, a category of grammatical form, and question, a category of meaning. Mismatches between interrogative phrases and questioned elements are also investigated. Two kinds of interrogative and three kinds of question are distinguished. (47 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Grammar, Phrase Structure, Questioning Techniques, Semantics, Speech Acts, Speech Communication, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Verbs

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Language: English

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