Rhetorical Questions in Papuan Malay, Other Malayic Languages, and the Papuan Languages of West Papua

This paper presents a descriptive and typological study of rhetorical questions. The first part describes the form and functions of rhetorical questions in Papuan Malay. There are no formal characteristics that mark Papuan Malay rhetorical questions. Instead, the context indicates whether a question...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angela Kluge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/52431