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Question Meaning

Question Meaning is a theoretical construct in pragmatics that specifies the semantic and pragmatic content of interrogative utterances by distinguishing their propositional content, illocutionary force, and contextual interpretation from other speech acts.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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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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Notes on the Description of English Questions: The Role of an Abstract Question Morpheme

C. L. Baker · 1970 · 413 citations

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A First Look at the Semantics and Pragmatics of Negative Questions and Tag Questions

D. Robert Ladd · 1981 · 314 citations

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Clarifying Question Meaning in a Household Telephone Survey

Frederick G. Conrad, Michael F. Schober · Public Opinion Quarterly · 2000 · 195 citations

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Questions and Question‐word Incorporating Quantifiers in Malayalam

K. A. Jayaseelan · Syntax · 2001 · 171 citations

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Authors

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  1. NH
    Nancy Hedberg

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  2. JM
    Juan Manuel Sosa

    Simon Fraser University, Canada

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  3. FR
    Floris Roelofsen

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 75 citations

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  4. MA
    Maria Aloni

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    3 publications · 61 citations

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  5. TD
    Thanh-Toan Do

    Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

    2 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

44

  1. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    298 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    171 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    359 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  5. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  6. University of Denver

    Denver, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    279 citations

  7. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    114 citations

  8. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    279 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    3 publications · 193 citations

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  2. Journal of Semantics

    3 publications · 122 citations

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  3. World Englishes

    WE · 2 publications · 78 citations

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  4. Linguistics and Philosophy

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  5. Synthese

    2 publications · 100 citations

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