The intonational realization of utterances is generally characterized by regional as well as
inter-and intra-speaker variability in f0. Category boundaries thus remain “fuzzy” and it is …

Rhetorical questions (RhQs) are a complex phenomenon at the interface of pragmatics,
prosody and syntax, which requires reasoning on intentions and goals, and which involves a …

Recent research has shown that rhetorical questions (RQs) have certain prosodic
characteristics in terms of voice quality, tempo, and intonation, which distinguish them from …

This study investigates for the first time the comprehension of rhetorical questions (RhQs) in
bilingual children. RhQs are non-canonical questions, as they are not used to request …

The Hungarian particle'vajon'can be added to interrogatives to render the question acts they
are used for" reflective" in the sense of geared to raising a question without answer request …

Rhetorical questions (ie questions whose answer is indicated as obvious by the speaker)
can be marked through a variety of lexical,(morpho) syntactic and prosodic cues that, directly …

In this paper, we show that Icelandic uses the phonetic parameters of speaking rate,
duration and voice quality (VQ) to distinguish between information-seeking questions (ISQs) …

This dissertation thesis is concerned with rhetorical questions in German at the prosody-
meaning interface. The objective of this work was the elaboration of the theoretical …

Besides information-seeking questions, there are all kinds of non-standard questions,
whose function is not to request information from the addressee, but rather to convey …

This study investigates the comprehension of rhetorical questions (RhQs) in Italian-German
bilingual children, focusing on the minority language Italian. RhQs are a form of non-literal …