Some notes on the category of interrogativity Cover Image

Nešto napomena o kategoriji interogativnosti
Some notes on the category of interrogativity

Author(s): Ivo Pranjković
Subject(s): Syntax, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Bosansko filološko društvo
Keywords: interrogativity; interrogative sentences; second person; questions (general; special; open-ended; yes-no; alternative; direct; indirect; rhetorical; initial; suggestive; echo questions);

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on some grammatical and/or pragmatic properties of questions in the Croatian language and various categorisations of questions, i.e., interrogatives, with regard to the situational scope (general and special questions), the degree of informativeness (open-ended, yes-no and alternative questions), the degree of grammaticalization (direct, indirect and rhetorical), the context (initial, echo, suggestive and neutral questions), etc.

  • Issue Year: 6/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 60-69
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Croatian