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Why Do You Ask?: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse Freed, Alice (Linguistics Department, Linguistics Department, Montclair State University)
Why Do You Ask?: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse
Freed, Alice (Linguistics Department, Linguistics Department, Montclair State University)
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.
370 pages, Illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 26, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195306897 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 376 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 166 × 30 mm · 693 g |
| Language | English |