Date: 15-Dec-2006 From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com> Subject: Nachfragen: Rost-Roth
Title: Nachfragen [Queries - Form and function of utterance-based questions in oral communication]
Subtitle: Formen und Funktionen äußerungsbezogener Interrogationen
Series Title: Linguistik - Impulse & Tendenzen 22
Published: 2006
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Author: Martina Rost-Roth
Hardback: ISBN: 3110191156 Pages: 340 Price: U.S. $ 132.30
Hardback: ISBN: 3110191156 Pages: 340 Price: Europe EURO 98.00
Abstract:
The study examines the function of queries in oral communication. It develops a typology of query forms that can be differentiated depending on the preceding communication and the respective inquiring function. The study shows that, among others, the functions of queries are to help solve comprehension and expectation problems, as well as to store information. In counseling interviews, queries can be found especially at the interface between the presentation of the problem and the development of the solution, and it is here that they take on important functions in conducting conversation. The discourse-linguistic study is based on extensive, empirical language data.
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