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  • ...asks the hearer to supply specific information about [[participant]]s or [[setting]]s. Content questions contrast primarily with [[polar questions]], which ju
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  • ...which is common in this region. Here the choice of language depends on the setting of interaction. ...ss of changing the existing conceptual and linguistic system by adding new information that will result in a qualitative change in the conceptual system and the e
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  • ...y provides the following example to explain the significance of collective information about the three parameters: ...thus, make correct use of language. Hymes’ variables of discourse are: (i) setting, (ii) participants, (iii) ends, (iv) form and content of text, (v) key, (vi
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