When Listeners Talk: Response tokens and listener stance
Author:   Rod Gardner (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   92
ISBN:  

9789027251114


Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Format:   Hardback
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When Listeners Talk: Response tokens and listener stance


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"The principal way in which we are social beings, in contrast to individuals, is through talk. This work examines brief listener responses to shed light on one of the central features of this human togetherness: the listener. Seemingly unobtrusive response tokens such as ""yeah"", ""mm hm"", ""okay"" and ""mm"" are examined and are actually found to be complex. One objective of this work is to survey the major distinctions between some backchannels, namely those that can be characterized as response tokens: continuers, acknowledgement tokens, newsmarkers and change-of-activity tokens."

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Author:   Rod Gardner (University of Melbourne)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   92
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9789027251114


ISBN 10:   9027251118
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Transcription Notation; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. A Review of Response Tokens; 5. 3. Five types of Mm: The non-response tokens; 6. 4. From continuer to acknowledgement token: Mm as a token between Mm hm and Yeah; 7. 5. The Weakness of Mm: Topic disalignment and zero projection; 8. 6. Intonation contour and the use of Mm; 9. 7. Summary and future directions; 10. Notes; 11. Bibliography

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