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When listeners talk : response tokens and listener stance /

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 constr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gardner, Rod
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2001.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 92.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxi, 281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027297426
9027297428
1282161881
9781282161887
9786612161889
6612161884
ISSN:0922-842X ;