Echo questions as a means of building coherence in conversational discourse
The study focuses on the cognitive-communicative characteristics of echo questions in English conversational discourse. Drawing on van Dijk's sociocognitive (mental model) theory and cognitive discourse analysis, the paper suggests viewing echo questions as a means of building/updating a mental...
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doaj-2500b1a156e14b71923483b3fc30aa2c2020-11-25T02:16:44ZengSciendoLege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow2453-80352017-06-012133637810.1515/lart-2017-0009lart-2017-0009Echo questions as a means of building coherence in conversational discourseStrelchenko Natalia0CSc, (Philology), Lecturer, Translators' / Interpreters' Department, Kyiv National Linguistic University, 73, Velyka Vasylkivska St., Kyiv-150, 03680, Ukraine.The study focuses on the cognitive-communicative characteristics of echo questions in English conversational discourse. Drawing on van Dijk's sociocognitive (mental model) theory and cognitive discourse analysis, the paper suggests viewing echo questions as a means of building/updating a mental context model of a communicative situation. As discourse comprehension presupposes building its coherent mental model, echo questions resolving misunderstanding are regarded as an instrument for increasing coherence in conversational discourse. Based on the mental model theory, the study offers a typology of misunderstandings corrected by echo questions.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2017.2.issue-1/lart-2017-0009/lart-2017-0009.xml?format=INTecho questionmental modeldiscourse comprehensioncoherencemisunderstandingknowledgeconversational discourse |
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The study focuses on the cognitive-communicative characteristics of echo questions in English conversational discourse. Drawing on van Dijk's sociocognitive (mental model) theory and cognitive discourse analysis, the paper suggests viewing echo questions as a means of building/updating a mental context model of a communicative situation. As discourse comprehension presupposes building its coherent mental model, echo questions resolving misunderstanding are regarded as an instrument for increasing coherence in conversational discourse. Based on the mental model theory, the study offers a typology of misunderstandings corrected by echo questions. |
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