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rhetorical question  

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Definitional context(s)

  • Rhetorical questions are said to be interrogative utterances that (i) do not expect an answer (ii) have the feel of an assertion but (iii) can optionally be answered (Biezma and Rawlins 2017). (Kubota, Sato, Amamoto, Akiyoshi & Mineshima, 2024)

Example

  • And because rhetorical questions are used for purposes other than to obtain the information the question asked such questions do not require to be paired with answers. (Shrestha & McKeown, 2004)
  • For example rhetorical questions are used for purposes other than to obtain the information the question asked and are not required to be associated with answer segments. (Shrestha & McKeown, 2004)

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