Asking questions : using meaningful structures to imply ignorance / Robert Fiengo.

Author/creator Fiengo, Robert, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : New York : University Press, [2007]
Descriptionxii, 179 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Ignorance and incompleteness -- The instrumental model of talking : how to talk about talk -- Open questions, confirmation questions, and how to choose -- Which sentence-type to use when asking them -- Quantifiers, wh-expressions, and manners of interpretation -- Syntactic structure -- On the questioning speech-acts and the kinds of ignorance they -- Address.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.
LCCN 2007007678
ISBN9780199208418 (alk. paper)
ISBN0199208417 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BD221 .F54 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold