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    Understanding questions and answers in context: An argument for multi-channel analysis

    Archer, Dawn ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-6518 (2020) Understanding questions and answers in context: An argument for multi-channel analysis. Scandinavian Studies in Language, 11 (1). pp. 196-213.

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    Currently, understanding what questions and answers mean in context equates to accounting for the questioner’s role as well as what they expect to (versus) achieve, the position as well as form/function of their question(s) within the interaction: and, if spoken, their delivery, as well as whether a response is given, what type, how, etc. This paper advocates for a further widening of the linguistic analytical lens beyond traditional syntactic/pragmatic criteria so that we might account, in turn, for participants’ facial expressions, body movements and gestures as they deliver their questions and/or respond to others. The paper argues this is particularly pertinent when negotiating meaning generally and crucial when seeking to understand potentially deceptive and/or evasive moves on the part of participants.

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