ABSTRACT
Asking and answering questions are among the most common human activities, yet it is remarkable how little is known, in a systematic way, about the effect of questions on a respondent. Nonetheless, a great deal of literature exists. Asking questions characterizes practice in several fields, such as education and survey interviewing. Analysing questions characterizes recent theoretical work in other fields, such as logic and linguistics. It would seem useful to understanding and practice to bring together the contributions of these various enterprises.
