“Through-Produced” Multiple Questions in Tagalog-English Faculty Meetings: Setting the Agenda Dimension of Questions

Authors

  • Leonardo O. Munalim Associate Professor, Philippine Women’s University-School of Arts and Sciences, Manila, Philippines.
  • Cecilia F. Genuino Associate Professor, Philippine Normal University-Manila, College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22046/LA.2019.12

Keywords:

“Through-produced” Multiple Questions, Agenda Dimension, Question-answer System, Faculty Meeting, Framing.

Abstract

This study describes the sequential pattern of “through-produced” multiple questions using Conversation Analysis that sets the agenda dimension of questions, and the academic conditions that advance its use during turns at talk from five faculty meetings. Results show that a. No first-pair of the “through-produced” questions has been answered; b. the answers to the second-pair questions are achieved through paraphrases, clarifications, keyword repetitions, and circuitous rephrasing until the hearer conforms with the agenda set; c. The subordinates frame their default identities with lower epistemic knowledge, and d. “Through-produced” multiple questions can be a manifestation of Chair’s power. Implications and recommendations for cross-linguistic comparisons are offered to generalize the findings beyond the specific domain of the meeting.

Author Biographies

Leonardo O. Munalim, Associate Professor, Philippine Women’s University-School of Arts and Sciences, Manila, Philippines.

Leonardo O. Munalim is Associate Professor at Philippine Women’s University where he teaches English and Spanish. His dissertation at Philippine Normal University-Manila involved the socio-pragmatic analysis of the different corpus-driven features in a faculty meeting. His research interests fall under Reflective Pedagogy, Corpus Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Conversation Analysis. He has published in peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed journals. He is newly-tapped Editor for Journal of English as an International Language, SCOPUS-indexed.

Cecilia F. Genuino, Associate Professor, Philippine Normal University-Manila, College of Graduate Studies and Teacher Education Research.

Cecilia F. Genuino is Associate Professor at Philippine Normal University-Manila where she mentored the primary author of this paper. She also teaches part-time in the graduate programs of De La Salle University-Manila and De La Salle University- Dasmariñas. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, syntax, discourse analysis, language policy and planning and language teaching. She has published in peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed journals.

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Published

2019-05-28

How to Cite

Munalim, L. O., & Genuino, C. F. (2019). “Through-Produced” Multiple Questions in Tagalog-English Faculty Meetings: Setting the Agenda Dimension of Questions. LANGUAGE ART, 4(2), 105–122. https://doi.org/10.22046/LA.2019.12