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Publication details [#14243]

Ward, Gregory and Wataru Tsukahara. 2000. Prosodic features which cue back-channel responses in English and Japanese. Journal of Pragmatics 32 (8) : 1177–1207.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166

Annotation

This study addresses issues pertaining to back-channel feedback. It is argued that in both English and Japanese, low pitch late in an utterance is an important prosodic cue for such feedback. Evidence is given for this claim, related theoretical issues are discussed.