Varieties of questions in English conversation / Elizabeth G. Weber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Elizabeth G.

Series:

Studies in discourse and grammar ; 3.

Studies in discourse and grammar, 0928-8929 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Interrogative.

English language.

English language--Spoken English.

English language--Variation.

Questions and answers.

Conversation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines relations which hold between morphosyntactic form and communicative function in discourse by examining form-function correlations of noninterrogative questions in ordinary English conversation. So-called nontypical declarative and nonclausal questions are identified functionally. The role morphosyntax plays in the production and interpretation of these forms as doing questioning is then considered. Speakers are shown to use specific patterns of morphosyntactic marking to enable recipients to interpret noninterrogatives as functional questions.

Contents:

VARIETIES OF QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH CONVERSATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Problem: The Relationship between Discourse and Grammar; Chapter 2. Analytical Procedures and Principles; Chapter 3. Methodology; Chapter 4. Declarative Questions: Morphosyntactic Patterns; Chapter 5. Declarative Questions: Function; Chapter 6. Nonclausal Questions: Morphosyntactic Patterns; Chapter 7. Nonclausal Questions: Function; Chapter 8. The Many-to-Many Relations of Lexical and Morphosyntactic Markers of Question Function; Chapter 9. Conclusions; Notes; Appendix; References; Index; The series Studies in Discourse and Grammar

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613092694

90-272-8585-3

1-283-09269-7

OCLC:

713010264