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Publication details [#49086]

Egbert, Maria M. and Monika Vöge. 2008. Wh-interrogative formats used for questioning and beyond: German warum (why) and wieso (why) and English why. Discourse Studies 10 (1) : 17–36.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

form | function | question | translation | wh-question

Language as a subject

English | German

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper considers how 'question(ing)' may be determined in terms of form and function by exploring the interactional use of two seemingly synonymous 'question' words, the German words warum and wieso and their common English translation why.