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In:Questioning and Answering Practices across Contexts and Cultures
Edited by Cornelia Ilie
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 323] 2021
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Interrelatedness of questions and answers in discourse

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Published online: 26 July 2021
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Article outline
  • 1.Preliminaries
  • 2.Question-answer interplay: Problematizations in philosophical traditions
  • 3.Question-answer interplay: Theoretical perspectives on forms and structures
  • 4.Question-answer interplay: Usages and impacts across communities of practice
    • 4.1Question-answer interplay in courtroom interrogations
    • 4.2Question-answer interplay in police interviews
    • 4.3Question-answer interplay in doctor-patient interactions
    • 4.4Question-answer interplay in media interviews
    • 4.5Question-answer interplay in parliamentary debates
  • 5.The contributions to this volume
  • References
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