Raymond2009
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Raymond2009 |
| Author(s) | Geoffrey Raymond |
| Title | Grammar and social relations: alternative forms of yes/no-type initiating actions in health visitor interactions |
| Editor(s) | Alice F. Freed, Susan Ehrlich |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Institutional interaction, Yes/no, Grammar, Relationships, Initiating Actions |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year | 2009 |
| Language | English |
| City | New York |
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| Pages | 87–107 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306897.003.0005 |
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| Book title | “Why Do You Ask?”: The Function of Questions in Institutional Discourse |
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Abstract
This chapter, written by Geoffrey Raymond, explores two kinds of yes/no questions—yes/no declaratives (YNDs) and yes/no interrogatives (YNIs)—in interactions between health visitor nurses (HVs) and mothers who have recently given birth. According to Raymond, these two kinds of yes/no questions differ in terms of the epistemic stance of the questioner. In using YNDs, speakers claim to know about the matter at hand whereas, in using YNIs, they claim not to know about the matter at hand. Given this difference in epistemic stance, Raymond argues that the two kinds of questions “make relevant” different kinds of responses: The YNI invites an expansive response, whereas the YND invites a relatively nonexpansive response (i.e., simple confirmation of already‐established information). Raymond demonstrates that the different kinds of answers made relevant by the two kinds of yes/no questions are connected to the various kinds of institutional goals of the health visitor nurses.
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