The paper argues for the importance of utterances (as opposed to \sen-tences in context") as basic units in dialogue. The main case study is clar-iication: a characterization is provided within KOS, a recently developed synthesis of situation semantics and dialogue games, of the clariications that can follow up on an utterance. This involves outlining: (a) a theory of understanding for dialogue...

The article deals with the study of emotional arguments used by indignant speakers. Indignation is viewed as a negative mental state that arises result person’s strong discontent, his/her anger, and disgust towards those events actions other people have happened or are happening in environment. A person experiences indignation when he/she evaluates unfair. along emotions, such frustration, rese...

Patterns of Politeness in Teacher-Student Interaction: Investigating an Academic Context AbstractThis study investigated politeness strategies used in instructor-student relationships, in an academic environment. To conduct the study, four university classes with different instructors were randomly selected, observed and analyzed. Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness was drawn on as the an...