TY - BOOK AU - Freed,Alice F. AU - Ehrlich,Susan TI - "Why do you ask?": the function of questions in institutional discourse SN - 9780199867943 (ebook) : AV - P95.52 U1 - 302.346 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Oral communication KW - Questioning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.001.0001 ER -