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Peer reviewedGardner, Rod – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1997
Examines some characteristics of "Mm," in particular its variants, as a weak acknowledging token, a continuer, and a weak assessment within the Australian context. Findings indicate that the most common "Mm" is best characterized as an acknowledging object used to mark unproblematic receipt of the immediately prior talk and no…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedLawrence, Samuel G. – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1996
Discusses the effect of the interactive accomplishment of conversational normalization. To illuminate this process, this article investigates how the parties to a news interview collaborate to normalize the interviewee's practices in operating a house of prostitution. The methodological impetus for this study involves a variant of conversation…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Case Studies, Cooperation, Feature Stories
