"Why do you ask?" [electronic resource] : the function of questions in institutional discourse / edited by Alice F. Freed and Susan Ehrlich.

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TextPublication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 356 p.)ISBN:

9780199867943 (ebook) :

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302.346 22

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P95.52

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Summary: The act of questioning is the primary speech interaction between an institutional speaker and someone outside the institution. These roles dictate their language practices. This volume focuses solely on the question/answer process, drawing on a range of methodological approaches.

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The act of questioning is the primary speech interaction between an institutional speaker and someone outside the institution. These roles dictate their language practices. This volume focuses solely on the question/answer process, drawing on a range of methodological approaches.