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Negative Bias in Polar Questions

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This paper investigates the discourse function of negative bias in questions. How and what such questions contribute to the logical form of discourse has not been the focus of previous work. We believe that such a discourse oriented approach, however, provides useful insight into the formal characteristics of bias. Adopting this perspective, we develop an analysis of biased questions as complex speech acts, i.e. illocutionary acts comprised of both an assertion and a question. This analysis, we feel, is useful in accounting for the behavior of biased questions in discourse and dialogue.

Source: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung

DOI: 10.18148/sub/2005.v9i0.716

Authors: Asher, Nicholas, Reese, Brian

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W153884812

FWCI: 10.63

Cites: 11

Cited by: 34

Related to: 10