03406nam 2200697 a 450 991045627260332120200520144314.0978661309269490-272-8585-31-283-09269-7(CKB)2550000000032510(EBL)680430(OCoLC)713010264(SSID)ssj0000827470(PQKBManifestationID)11452974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827470(PQKBWorkID)10830926(PQKB)10557424(MiAaPQ)EBC680430(Au-PeEL)EBL680430(CaPaEBR)ebr10463022(CaONFJC)MIL309269(EXLCZ)99255000000003251019930706d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVarieties of questions in English conversation[electronic resource] /Elizabeth G. WeberAmsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.19931 online resource (265 p.)Studies in discourse and grammar,0928-8929 ;v. 3Description based upon print version of record.90-272-2613-X 1-55619-369-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; NotesAppendixReferences; Index; The series Studies in Discourse and GrammarThis 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. Explanations for morphosyntactiStudies in discourse and grammar ;v. 3.English languageInterrogativeEnglish languageSpoken EnglishEnglish languageVariationQuestions and answersConversationElectronic books.English languageInterrogative.English languageSpoken English.English languageVariation.Questions and answers.Conversation.425Weber Elizabeth G860074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456272603321Varieties of questions in English conversation1919079UNINA