A conversation analytic study of yes/no questions which convey reversed polarity assertions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1851-1877

  Koshik, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduciveness; Conversation analysis; Pedagogical talk; Reversed polarity questions; Teacher student interaction; Yes no questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889267     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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