Irene Koshik

List of John Benjamins publications in which Irene Koshik is involved.

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Beyond Rhetorical Questions: Assertive questions in everyday interaction

Irene Koshik

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, e.g., friends… read more

[Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 16] 2005. x, 183 pp.

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Koshik, Irene 2017 Responses to Wh-question challenges Enabling Human Conduct: Studies of talk-in-interaction in honor of Emanuel A. Schegloff, Raymond, Geoffrey, Gene H. Lerner and John Heritage (eds.), pp. 79–104 | Chapter

This chapter builds on my previous studies of wh-questions that convey reversed polarity assertions, for example, “Whenhave I.” used to convey “I never have” (Koshik 2003;2005). These questions challenge the grounds for a prior claim or action, suggesting that there is no basis for that claim or… read more