“Erzähl mal”/“tell me” opens a broad narrative range of possible replies; it does not require an answer in the narrow sense.

Evidence (2)

Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood — Answerhood evidence and the distinction between answers and narrative replies

No answer in a narrow sense is required, but varying kinds of narrative responses are possible

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2006#unit-3-p4

Exclamatives, deniability, and answerhood — Answerhood evidence and the distinction between answers and narrative replies

No answer in a narrow sense is required, but varying kinds of narrative responses are possible

https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2025-2006#unit-3-p4

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