This study examined the types of backchannel response as well as its relationship with
speaker presentation, listener recall, and participants' perceived enjoyment of the …

Suppose you are working as a visiting professor at a Chinese university. One late afternoon
you are taking a walk around campus. A Chinese colleague approaches you, saying:" Hello …

As has been observed by many researchers (Lazaraton 1992, Riggenbach 1991, Ross and
Berwick 1992, van Lier 1989, Young 1995), a significant portion, if not all, of the talk in …

Little is still known about the factors which make L2 speakers self-categorize as bilinguals
and the ways in which bilinguals self-perceive and evaluate their language proficiency. This …

Backchannels (BCs) are signals produced by conversation partners to support the ongoing
turn of the interlocutor. Audible backchannels can have a lexical (yes) or non-lexical form …

This dissertation contributes to our understanding of the kinds of meaning and action
recipients display with one-word-long responses by examining the use of particles nii and …

The aim of this study is to determine the teachability and learnability of English verbal
backchannel signals and reactive expressions during a two-hour videoconference lesson on …

Backchannels (BCs) positively contribute to fluency in social interactions. However, their
realisation is language-specific, which can cause miscommunication in intercultural …

In recent cross-cultural studies of pragmatics, we have witnessed a rise in interest in the
comparative study of phenomena beyond the level of single and decontextualised …

With a focus on intercultural communication between Japanese and Americans, this book
describes how differing listening styles and conversational behaviours across cultures can …