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Publication details [#51320]

Crawford Camiciottoli, Belinda. 2009. “Just wondering if you could comment on that”: indirect requests for information in corporate earnings calls. Text & Talk 29 (6) : 661–681.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

economics | indirectness | request | telephone conversation | text analysis

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper demonstrates how indirect information or clarification requests of investment analysts in corporate earning calls, serve both to obtain as much information as possible, and to create an image of very efficient yet friendly professionals.