Claim0207fc68622151729db0904ab52649e11a6086f510b4a9398719d029c7a2677e·Paper reconstruction — Maria Esipova (2025), In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force

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Segmental similarity between German exclamations and matrix wh-questions does not establish syntactic identity, because their prosodies differ and different prosodic contours can correspond to different syntactic structures.

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In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4
In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4
In search of an exclamatory illocutionary force — Typological complexity: Type 1 and Type 2 exclamations
exclamations and matrix wh-questions have di ff erent prosody
https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2007#unit-4-p4

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