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Polar questions and their responses
  • Galina B. Bolden , John Heritage und Marja-Leena Sorjonen
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Abstract

Question–answer sequences are arguably among the most basic building blocks for sequences of action in interaction and are ubiquitous among the languages of the world. This chapter reviews and synthesizes current interactional research on polar questions and answers across languages in order to contextualize the work assembled in this volume. We introduce grammatical and pragmatic resources for forming and recognizing polar questions, discuss principles of polar question design, and overview different types of polar responses. We conclude the chapter with a preview of the included studies, a discussion of their contributions, and suggestions for future research directions.

Abstract

Question–answer sequences are arguably among the most basic building blocks for sequences of action in interaction and are ubiquitous among the languages of the world. This chapter reviews and synthesizes current interactional research on polar questions and answers across languages in order to contextualize the work assembled in this volume. We introduce grammatical and pragmatic resources for forming and recognizing polar questions, discuss principles of polar question design, and overview different types of polar responses. We conclude the chapter with a preview of the included studies, a discussion of their contributions, and suggestions for future research directions.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. Repetitional responses to polar questions in Russian conversation 40
  6. Chapter 3. Responding to polar questions in Brazilian Portuguese 76
  7. Chapter 4. Responses to polar questions in Polish 109
  8. Chapter 5. Three practices for confirming inferences in French talk-in-interaction 139
  9. Chapter 6. Complexities of responding 179
  10. Chapter 7. The division of labor between the particles jah and jaa ‘yes’ as responses to requests for confirmation in Estonian 210
  11. Chapter 8. Code-switching, agency, and the answer possibility space of Spanish-English bilinguals 239
  12. Chapter 9. Post-confirmation modifications 272
  13. Chapter 10. Responding to polar questions without a polarity item ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in Finnish 301
  14. Chapter 11. Renewing a social action in US primary care 328
  15. Chapter 12. Do English affirmative polar interrogatives with any favor negative responses? 350
  16. Appendix. Transcription conventions and symbols for glossing 377
  17. Subject index 381
https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.35.01bol

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2. Repetitional responses to polar questions in Russian conversation 40
  6. Chapter 3. Responding to polar questions in Brazilian Portuguese 76
  7. Chapter 4. Responses to polar questions in Polish 109
  8. Chapter 5. Three practices for confirming inferences in French talk-in-interaction 139
  9. Chapter 6. Complexities of responding 179
  10. Chapter 7. The division of labor between the particles jah and jaa ‘yes’ as responses to requests for confirmation in Estonian 210
  11. Chapter 8. Code-switching, agency, and the answer possibility space of Spanish-English bilinguals 239
  12. Chapter 9. Post-confirmation modifications 272
  13. Chapter 10. Responding to polar questions without a polarity item ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in Finnish 301
  14. Chapter 11. Renewing a social action in US primary care 328
  15. Chapter 12. Do English affirmative polar interrogatives with any favor negative responses? 350
  16. Appendix. Transcription conventions and symbols for glossing 377
  17. Subject index 381
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