[lit-ideas] Would you like an ask?

  • From: Torgeir Fjeld <t.fjeld1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:16:37 +0200

Dear all,

Reading the news, the following linguistic innovation offered itself:

May’s official spokeswoman said: “This is obviously a unique European

council specifically focused on Brexit. The PM set out a clear ask in terms
of an extension and it is important that she set out the rationale for
that.”


(
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/08/theresa-may-resume-talks-labour-find-brexit-compromise
)

Is anyone here familiar with the noun "ask" and its present usage (as per
corpus based approaches, over and against the Chomskeians)?

Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld
https://torgeirfjeld.com/

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