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Peer reviewedFrancik, Ellen P.; Clark, H. – Journal of Memory and Language, 1985
Describes three experiments that show that when requesting information, speakers estimate the greatest potential obstacles to compliance and try to overcome them through their choice of indirect, or conditional, requests. In selecting their request, speakers in most situations try to pinpoint the obstacles as specifically as they can. (SED)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Language Styles
