True to Form: Rising and Falling Declaratives as Questions in English
(Part of the Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics Series)
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This book is concerned with the meaning and use of two kinds of declarative sentences:
2) It's raining. The difference between (1) and (2) is intonational: (1) has a final rise--indicated by the question mark--while (2) ends with a fall. Christine Gunlogson's central claim is that the meaning and use of both kinds of sentences must be understood in terms of the meaning of their defining formal elements,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415865077
ISBN13:9780415865074
Release Date:February 2014
Publisher:Routledge
Length:124 Pages
Weight:0.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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