Speaker＇s Cues Inviting Back Channel Responses in Spontaneous Persian Conversations

In a conversation, one way of showing that the hearer is listening to the speaker is to produce the vocal signals which are called ＂BC （back channel） signals＂. These types of signals like ＂uh-uh＂, ＂hmm＂ and ＂mm＂ provide feedback to the current speaker that the message is being received. They also in...

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Published in:美中外语 2011, Vol.9 (11), p.686-699
Main Author: Shahla Sharifi Mahnaz Azadmanesh
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
反馈
声音信号
对话
扬声器
接收
波斯湾
生产
通道
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Summary:In a conversation, one way of showing that the hearer is listening to the speaker is to produce the vocal signals which are called ＂BC （back channel） signals＂. These types of signals like ＂uh-uh＂, ＂hmm＂ and ＂mm＂ provide feedback to the current speaker that the message is being received. They also indicate that the listener is not objecting to what the speaker is saying. Although producing BC signals appears to be universal, their usage in different societies seems language specific and is fled with the culture. In particular, BC production does not rely on the sole listener. This study concerns lexical, grammatical, prosodic and semantic factors which are involved in back channeling in the Persian conversations.
ISSN:1539-8080
1935-9667