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Interrogative Pragmatics

Interrogative Pragmatics is a theoretical framework within linguistic pragmatics that specifically accounts for the context-dependent interpretation and usage of interrogative utterances, distinguishing itself by focusing on how questions function as speech acts to elicit information, manage conversational dynamics, and express speaker intentions in discourse.

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2017–2026

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84

Grammar and Social Organization: Yes/No Interrogatives and the Structure of Responding

Geoffrey Raymond · American Sociological Review · 2003 · 957 citations

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The limits of questioning: negative interrogatives and hostile question content

John Heritage · Journal of Pragmatics · 2002 · 450 citations

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A new scale of interrogative suggestibility

Gisli H. Gudjónsson · Personality and Individual Differences · 1984 · 440 citations

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Grammar and Social Organization: Yes/No Interrogatives and the Structure of Responding

Geoffrey Raymond · American Sociological Review · 2003 · 336 citations

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‘Will you or can’t you?’: Displaying entitlement in interrogative requests

Trine Heinemann · Journal of Pragmatics · 2006 · 315 citations

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Authors

118

  1. GH
    Gisli H. Gudjónsson

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 563 citations

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  2. LK
    Leelo Keevallik

    Linköping University, Sweden

    2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. JD
    Jean‐Marc Dewaele

    Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  4. TH
    Trine Heinemann

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    2 publications · 401 citations

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  5. JD
    Jeffrey D. Robinson

    Portland State University, United States

    2 publications · 200 citations

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Institutions

81

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    381 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    492 citations

  3. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  5. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    353 citations

  7. Portland State University

    Portland, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    200 citations

  8. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    7 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Personality and Individual Differences

    5 publications · 594 citations

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  3. Language

    4 publications · 358 citations

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  4. Journal of Semantics

    3 publications · 140 citations

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  5. Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory

    SALT · 3 publications · 195 citations

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