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Negotiating for Understanding.

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Crymes, Ruth; Potter, William – 1978

This study reports on an analysis of questions which were used in the pursuit of understanding in three focussed discussions, two by native speakers (NSs) and one by non-native speakers (NNs). Twelve adult subjects, four NNs and eight NSs, were used. In 66 minutes, only 30 questions were used for the purpose of pursuing understanding. These…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages)