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Pragmatic Functions of Questioning in TV Interview Program

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Weihong Chen
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Weihong Chen
Available Online September 2015.
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10.2991/ichssr-15.2015.40How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Special speech act, Questioning pragmatic functions
Abstract

As a special speech act and language use, questioning acts as a pragmatic strategy in TV interview programs. From the perspective of adaptive pragmatics, the paper intends to reveal that the host’s dynamic questioning in TV interview programs can realize various pragmatic functions in specific contexts as well as accomplish certain communicative needs.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
September 2015
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10.2991/ichssr-15.2015.40
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/ichssr-15.2015.40How to use a DOI?
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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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