The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse

Why Do You Ask?: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-24

  Ehrlich, Susan ^a   Freed, Alice F ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Interactional control; Ordinary and institutional talk; Question design and function; Question function; Question meaning; Questioning in institutional discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919500884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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