Why Ask? [electronic resource] / Jerry R. Hobbs and Jane J. Robinson.

The study reported in this paper addresses the problem, "What makes an answer appropriate?" The claim is made that an appropriate answer must address the goals of the question either directly or indirectly. The conditions of the experiment were dialogues between an expert and an apprentice...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Hobbs, Jerry R.
Corporate Author:	Stanford Research Institute
Other Authors:	Robinson, Jane J.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	Communication (Thought Transfer) Discourse Analysis. Information Theory. Language Patterns. Language Research. Language Usage. Linguistic Theory. Pragmatics. Speech. Speech Communication.