COGNITIVE AND PRAGMALINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF ECHO-QUESTION IN ENGLISH DIALOGUE DISCOURSE (ON THE BASIS OF INTERVIEWS)
The article explores a particular type of interrogative responsive remarks - echo-question. The study discusses distinctive peculiarities of two pragmatic types of echo-question, i.e. clarifying and confirming types of echo-question. The study of echo-question revealed its pragmatic potential to eliminate information gaps (information deficiency) in interview.