Surprise questions in English and French
The aim of this article is to show that a specific type of non-canonical question, namely surprise questions, needs to be defined in its own right and differentiated from rhetorical questions. The communicative function of surprise questions is explained on the basis of three constructions – what th...
| Published in: | Open Linguistics |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0261 |