Publications
Publication details [#6823]
Milner, Judith. 1977. Des hypothèses sur l'activité du locuteur: L'ambiguité et la fonction de certaines questions en 'pourquoi...ne pas'. Journal de Psychologie Normale et Pathologique 74 (2) : 227–242.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
French
Keywords
Annotation
On questions with 'pourquoi...ne pas' (similar to e.g. 'Why don't we...') which are said to be ambiguous (as to their illocutionary force) for adults but not for children.