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Publication details [#10163]

Winn, Judy E. and Bell Olsen. 1980. In search of Y/N S-Aux: A study of answers to yes-no questions in English. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society 6 : 400–410.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
answer | auxiliary | situation | subject | yes-no question

Annotation

A study of the short-answer form (yes or no plus subject and auxiliary), its frequency, its alternatives, and the situations in which it is used.