01645nam a22003374a 4500 ebr10271707 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070222s2007 enk sb 001 0 eng 2007007678 9780199208418 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)252689799 BD221 .F54 2007eb 401/.4 22 Fiengo, Robert, 1949- Asking questions [electronic resource] : using meaningful structures to imply ignorance / Robert Fiengo. Oxford : New York : University Press, [2007] xii, 179 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Ignorance (Theory of knowledge) Knowledge, Theory of Methodology. Questioning. Rhetoric. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10271707 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 7558 7558