Forms and functions of verbal backchannels, that is, short tokens such as uh-huh, yeah, and
mhm uttered by a listener to the main speaker–have been widely investigated in …

Conversation is an intricately coordinated interactional choreography achieved by multiple
participants through talk and other conduct. Participants manage the rich and continuous …

A doctor's ability to communicate with patients to ensure high-quality health care and the
limited spoken materials available to teach this ability in a Chinese for Medical Purpose …

Backchannel cues seem to exist in all languages, however backchannel behaviour differs
according to language and culture. This study argues that in the research on the use of …

Short vocal and/or non-vocal utterances often observed in conversations are called
backchannels. Backchanneling has long been considered to be a listener response …

This study aims to identify all the non-lexical and lexical backchannels and different
functions carried out by these backchannels in the Spoken Turkish Corpus. It also aims to …

Interruption is a common phenomenon in conversation. Previous research of interruption
has focused on three main aspects: the identification of interruption in relation to overlaps or …

In conversation, two channels operate simultaneously. Yngve (1970) refers that the
'main'channel is that through which the speaker sends messages, whereas the …

This study examines three major response particles, o/ou, en, and a in Mandarin
conversation. Using the framework of interactional linguistics, this study examines the …