Questions in Discourse: Volume 2: Pragmatics

By Klaus Heusinger

The volume Questions in Discourse - Vol. 2 Pragmatics collects original research on the role of questions in understanding text structure and discourse pragmatics. The in-depth studies discuss the effects of focus, questions and givenness in unalternative semantics, as well as the role of scalar particles, question-answer pairs and prosody from the perspective of Questions under Discussion. Two contributions compare the discourse-structuring potential of Questions under Discussion and rhetorical relations, whereas another adds a perspective from inquisitive semantics. Some contributions also look at understudied languages. Together, the contributions allow for a better understanding of question-related pragmatic and discourse-semantic phenomena, and they offer new perspectives on the structure of texts and discourses.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004378316
• ISBN13: 9789004378315
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"