Contingency and action: a comparison of two forms of requesting

In this article, we explore the syntactic forms speakers use when making requests. An initial investigation of ordinary telephone calls between family and friends and out-of-hours calls to the doctor showed a difference in the distribution of modal verbs (e.g., Can you …), and requests prefaced by I...

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Main Authors:	Traci S. Curl, Paul Drew
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2008
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Conversation Indirectness Preference Politeness Repair Acts Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/13229
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