title: Answers-Assumptions as Special Type of Answers: Structural-Semantic and Functional-Pragmatic Aspects
abstract: The paper aims to reveal functional specificity of answers-assumptions, to identify the means of expressing their “assumption” semantics. Scientific originality of the study lies in the fact that the author introduces the terms “modus answer”, “answer-assumption” into scientific circulation. The research material includes dialogic unities obtained from educational dialogues and the “Smart Boys and Girls” program. The research findings are as follows: the author describes functional-pragmatic pec
journal: Philology Theory & Practice