<i>Kuidas nii, kalapulki?!</i> (’How so, fishfingers?!’): A surprise-question in Estonian
This article presents a study of the use of Estonian elliptical interrogatives formed with kuidas nii (‘how so’) in literary texts of the Estonian-French parallel corpus, focusing on their discourse functions. Kuidas nii interrogatives are analysed as surprise questions, expressing the speaker’s su...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/22068 |