Publications

Publication details [#1851]

Bublitz, Wolfram. 1981. Conductive yes-no questions in English. Linguistics 19 (9-10) : 851–870.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

answer | expectation | given vs. new information | yes-no question

Language as a subject

English

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

An analysis of the complex relationships between the speaker's old and new assumptions, the form of conductive yes-no questions and answers to them, intended to clarify the notion of 'expected answer'.