Rhetorical questions as aggressive, friendly or sarcastic/ironical questions with imposed answers
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics), 2020 Rhetorical questions (RQs), as a cross-breed of questions and statements, represent an effective tool in putting forward the Speaker’s ideas, as well as influencing the ideas and opinions of other people.
Špago Džemal
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آداب الكوفة, 2021 This study is concerned with investigating the rhetorical tools and strategies used by Obama in his speech to the Americans about "chemical weapons" allegedly used in Syria. Here, it tries to answer the following questions: a.
محمد أمين
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Between rhetorical questions and information requests: A versatile interrogative clause in Estonian
Open Linguistics, 2023 This article investigates the pragmatic and functional aspects of an interrogative question pattern in Estonian: questions introduced by the adjective huvitav (‘interesting’).
Amon Marri
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Al-Zamakhshari's Rhetorical Questions in the Interpretation of Surat An-Nahl
دراسات: علوم الشريعة والقانون, 2022 Objectives: The study aims to clarify the opinion of Al-Zamakhshari on revealing witticisms and rhetorical secrets in the Holy Qura’an. It also aims to present the words of the interpreters who worked with the eloquence of the verses of the Qur’an, and ...
Nizar Atallah Saleh
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Functions of Rhetorical Questions with Words ГДЕ [gdye], КУДА [kuda] and ОТКУДА [otkuda]
Научный диалог, 2019 This article is devoted to the secondary functions of rhetorical questions with interrogative adverbs где , куда and откуда . It is shown for the first time that these rhetorical questions can be used to substantiate the speaker’s opinion, support the ...
E. B. Stepanova, Y. Zhang
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Rhetorical Questions and Polarity Licensing: On Cantonese Modal Sai2
Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 2022 This paper investigates the deontic modal sai2 in Cantonese. I argue that sai2 is an NPI and a negative operator is induced at the sentence-initial position by the SFPs me1 or aa4 in rhetorical questions.
Choi Tsun Hei
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From rhetorical question to adversative conjunction. The case of Croatian ali
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2023 The paper revises etymologies of Croatian adversative conjunction ali, commonly associated with Polish ale. Even though both lexemes contain a conjunction a, they are composed of a question particle li and restrictive particle le respectively.
Mikołaj Dunikowski
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Rhetorical questions: Severing asking from questioning
Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 2017 Rhetorical questions (RhQs) are puzzling for theoretical accounts of questions: while they have an interrogative form, they seem to provide the same information as a parallel assertion. We propose that solving this puzzle requires a deeper understanding of the dynamics of interrogative utterances, and in particular we argue for a dynamics parallel to ...
Maria Biezma, Kyle Rawlins
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Rhetorical Functions of Rhetorical and Interrogative Questions in the Second Book of the Masnavi-ye Ma’navi [PDF]
Matn/Pizhūhī-i AdabīSkilled poets employ a range of linguistic and rhetorical techniques to persuasively engage their audience and harness the expressive power of language in artistic and literary ways.
Ziba Mosadegh Mehrjardi +2 more
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Classical Rhetorical Analysis on Paul’s Character in His Speech at Miletus (Acts 20:18–35)
Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 2021 In his speech at Miletus (Acts 20:18–25), Paul talks about himself repeatedly. Such emphasis on the character of Paul inevitably raises some questions regarding the function of the emphasis.
Dany Christopher
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