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This book uses Conversation Analysis methodology to analyze rhetorical and other questions that are designed to convey assertions, rather than seek new information. It shows how these question sequences unfold interactionally in naturally-occurring talk in a variety of settings,…
"Xenophon's Socratic Works demonstrates that Xenophon, a student of Socrates, military man, and man of letters, is an indispensable source for our understanding of the life and philosophy of Socrates. David M. Johnson restores Xenophon's most ambitious Socratic work, the Memorab…
"Xenophon's Socratic Works demonstrates that Xenophon, a student of Socrates, military man, and man of letters, is an indispensable source for our understanding of the life and philosophy of Socrates. David M. Johnson restores Xenophon's most ambitious Socratic work, the Memorab…
The act of questioning is the primary speech interaction between an institutional speaker and someone outside the institution. These roles dictate their language practices. ""Why Do You Ask?"" is the first collected volume to focus solely on the question/answer process, drawing …
The act of questioning is the primary speech interaction between an institutional speaker and someone outside the institution. These roles dictate their language practices. "Why Do You Ask?" is the first collected volume to focus solely on the question/answer process, drawing on…
The first volume to make questions and questioning the explicit focus of its investigation, this book examines the use of questions in institutional discourse. Fifteen original essays consider a wide range of institutional settings--from traditionally studied contexts such as me…
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.
