Thierry Raeber
List of John Benjamins publications for which Thierry Raeber plays a role.
Article
2016 Distinguishing rhetorical from ironical questions: A relevance-theoretic account Relevance Theory: Recent developments, current challenges and future directions, Padilla Cruz, Manuel (ed.), pp. 173–190 | Article
This chapter seeks to differentiate ironical questions from rhetorical questions, as they are often thought to share apparent similarities. Ironical questions are often taken as types of rhetorical questions because they orient towards an obvious answer and have some persuasive power. A… read more