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Publication details [#26709]

Uwajeh, M.K.C. 1996. Is 'May I ask you a question?' a question? Pragmatics 6 (1) : 89–109.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammar1 | linguistics | performative | question

Person as a subject

Derr, R.L.

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study in the domain of the pragmatics of questions, which reviews and comments Derr's (1987) definition and (sub)classification, emphasizes the important role of communication context in linguistic analysis, as postulated by performative grammar.