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UNINA9910964621003321 |
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Autore |
Gardner Rod |
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Titolo |
When listeners talk : response tokens and listener stance / / Rod Gardner |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2001 |
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9786612161889 |
9781282161887 |
1282161881 |
9789027297426 |
9027297428 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 92 |
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Disciplina |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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When Listeners Talk; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Acknowledgements; Transcription notation; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: A review of response tokens; Chapter 3: Five types of Mm; Chapter 4: From continuer to acknowledgement token; Chapter 5: The Weakness of Mm; Chapter 6: Intonation contour and the use of Mm; Chapter 7: Summary and future directions; Notes; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Listeners are usually considered recipients in conversational interaction, whose main activity is to take in messages from other speakers. In this view, the listening activity is separate from speaking. Another view is that listeners and speakers are equal co-participants in conversations who construct the talk together. In support of this latter view, one finds a group of vocalisations which are quintessentially listener talk - little conversational objects such as uh-huh, oh, mm, yeah, right and mm-hm. These utterances do not have meanings in a conventional dictionary sense, but are neverthe |
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