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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| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | Lege Artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lart.2017.2.issue-1/lart-2017-0009/lart-2017-0009.xml?format=INT |