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Publication details [#44716]

Wang, Jinjun. 2006. Questions and the exercise of power. Discourse & Society 17 (4) : 529–548.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

casual speech | dialogue | institutional language | power | question

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

Arguing that power is inherent in every dialogue, this paper deals with questions a a means of exercising power in both casual and institutional dialogue.