Regarding negative interrogatives in American English as argumentative structures

This article investigates the use of negative interrogatives in English and provides new support as to why they can be regarded as argumentative structures (Heritage, 2002). Questions are usually described pragmatically as enabling the speaker to seek information. However, when they are negatively f...

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Main Author: Pauline Levillain
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Aalborg University Open Publishing 2015-02-01
Series:Globe
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Online Access:https://somaesthetics.aau.dk/index.php/globe/article/view/696