University/Organization
Shinshu University, Japan
Title
A Pragmatic Strategy for Building Accordance in Discordant Situations: A Case Study on
Negative Questions
Synopsis
“Discordance” between what we expect and what actually happens is one of the biggest conflicts we experience in our daily lives. This paper will argue that conveying to others that there is such discordance is one of the main reasons interlocutors use negative questions in uttering a request.