The Design and Positioning of Questions in Inquiry Testimony

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-38

  Sidnell, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjacency pairs; Interrogative; Lawyerwitness interaction; Public inquiries; Question design; Sequential positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919517932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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