The concept of inquiry is central to contemporary discussions of teacher and leader
professional learning and problem solving in interpersonal contexts. However, while few …

In request for confirmation (RfC) sequences, interlocutors negotiate their social positions
regarding access and rights to knowledge. The article presents an overview of a quantitative …

A central aim of experts, officials, and citizens meeting in the context of policymaking is to
organize their encounters in ways that enable them to learn about the other's perspectives …

This special issue presents a collection of conversation-analytic and interactional-linguistic
studies concerned with the cross-linguistic analysis of requests for confirmation (RfC) and …

This paper, located in the paradigm of Linguistic Coaching Process Research, theoretically
introduces Conversation Analysis (CA) as a means to explore the 'black box'of coaching, ie …

Eliciting patients' values and treatment preferences is an essential element in models of
shared decision making, yet few studies have investigated the interactional realizations of …

Objective To examine questioning practices in racially discordant interactions and describe
how these practices engendered child-centered care. Methods We used applied …

Die interaktionale Semantik-Forschung untersucht, wie Gesprächsteilnehmer die lokale
Bedeutung der Ausdrücke, die sie in der Interaktion benutzen, verdeutlichen und …

Die histopathologische Diagnose ist bei Krebserkrankungen die Grundlage für die
Therapieplanung und wird den betroffenen PatientInnen im Aufklärungsgespräch von den …

Wie Ärzte in Gesprächen mit Patienten zu ihrer Diagnose kommen, ist sowohl in der Medizin
als auch in der Gesprächsforschung kaum untersucht. Neben Fragen, die auch schon …