Dialogue and the search for information
Stuart Hannabuss
(School of Librarianship and Information Studies, Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Hilton Place, Aberdeen)
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Abstract
Knowledge of conversation theory and speech acts assists us to understand how people search for information. Dialogue embodies meanings and intentionalities, and represents epistemic inquiry. There are implications for the information‐processing model of cognitive psychology. Question formulation (erotetics) and turn‐taking play important roles in eliciting information, while discourse analysis furnishes us with information about people's categorising, recall, and semantic skills.
Citation
Hannabuss, S. (1989), "Dialogue and the search for information", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 41 No. 3, pp. 85-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051128
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1989, MCB UP Limited