Chapter published in:
Epistemic Stance in Dialogue: Knowing, Unknowing, Believing
Andrzej Zuczkowski, Ramona Bongelli and Ilaria Riccioni
[Dialogue Studies 29] 2017
► pp. 109–154

Chapter 5
“What should I do?”

Epistemic positions and advice giving activity in troubles talk sequences

Article outline
  • 5.1Advice as a particular directive speech act and as a social activity
  • 5.2Advice giving in troubles talk
    • 5.2.1Epistemic positions and mitigation: A previous study
  • 5.3KUB model applied to advice giving activity in troubles talk
    • 5.3.1Knowing position (confider) – Knowing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.2Knowing position (confider) – Believing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.3Believing position (confider) – Knowing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.4Believing position (confider) – Believing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.5Unknowing position (confider) – Knowing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.6Believing position (confider) − Knowing + Believing position (confidant)
    • 5.3.7Unknowing position (confider) − Unknowing + Knowing + Believing position (confidant)
  • 5.4Conclusions
  • Notes