A Study on the Dependency between Epistemic Status and Deontic Right in Teacher-Parent Communication
Although epistemics and deontics are two vital dimensions of social interactions,the relationship between them remains unsettled.Drawing upon audio-recordings of naturally-occurring student health problem calls,this study conducts a nuanced conversational analysis of teacher's directive turn and the dependency relationship between epistemic status and deontic right embodied by the directive turn.The directive turn,a multi-TCU turn consisting of a problem-reporting and a directive,is the intersection of teacher's epistemic status,deontic right and the urgency of student problem.By comparing how the directive turn is designed,we come to the conclusion that despite the urgency of student problem,teacher's epistemic status is the key determinant of deontic right,and this finding evidences the dependency between epistemic status and deontic right in teacher-parent communication.
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