Asking different types of polar questions: The interplay between turn, sequence, and context in writing conferences  

Oleh:

Park, Innhwa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse Studies (Full Text) vol. 14 no. 5 (Oct. 2012), page 613-633.
Topik: Conversation analysis; declaratives; epistemic asymmetry; interrogatives; pedagogical practices; polar questions; question–answer sequences; student questions; writing conference
Fulltext: p. 613-633.pdf (744.73KB)

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Using video recordings of one-on-one writing conferences as data, this conversation analytic study provides a sequential analysis of student-initiated question–answer sequences and demonstrates that the building of social interaction is contingent upon the composition of a turn as well as its position in the larger sequence. In particular, the article focuses on the distinct sequential environments in which students use yes/no interrogatives and yes/no declaratives. In the context of writing conference, the epistemic asymmetry between the participants is made relevant throughout the session; in general, the teacher is in a more knowledgeable position, whereas the student is in a less knowledgeable position concerning writing practices. Nonetheless, students invoke a different degree of knowledge gap between the participants by using different forms of polar questions. This article illustrates how students convey their epistemic positions with different syntactic structures and how such distinct positions are ratified in the unfolding sequence. The analysis of this study contributes to finding new aspects of question–answer sequences and pedagogical practices.

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