TY - JOUR
T1 - The process of answering direction-giving questions when someone is lost on a university campus
T2 - The role of pragmatics
AU - Golding, Jonathan M.
AU - Graesser, Arthur C.
AU - Hauselt, Jerry
PY - 1996/2
Y1 - 1996/2
N2 - Two experiments investigated how college students answered direction-giving questions when a confederate asked for directions to a destination on a university campus. The experiments applied the QUEST model (Graesser and Franklin, 1990) to direction giving, emphasizing the pragmatic component of the model that focuses on establishing common ground and dealing with the questioner's goals. The two experiments had different articulations of the direction-giving question (i.e. 'How do you get to destination X?' versus 'Where is destination X?'), and a different destination. The answers generated by subjects supported both aspects of the pragmatic component.
AB - Two experiments investigated how college students answered direction-giving questions when a confederate asked for directions to a destination on a university campus. The experiments applied the QUEST model (Graesser and Franklin, 1990) to direction giving, emphasizing the pragmatic component of the model that focuses on establishing common ground and dealing with the questioner's goals. The two experiments had different articulations of the direction-giving question (i.e. 'How do you get to destination X?' versus 'Where is destination X?'), and a different destination. The answers generated by subjects supported both aspects of the pragmatic component.
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U2 - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199602)10:1<23::aid-acp357>3.3.co;2-8
DO - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199602)10:1<23::aid-acp357>3.3.co;2-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039494358
SN - 0888-4080
VL - 10
SP - 23
EP - 39
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
IS - 1
ER -