Persian Back Channel Responses in Formal versus Informal Contexts

Utterances like /xob/ (okay), /doroste/ (right), /hmm/, /ee/, /?re/ (yeah), occur frequently in Persian conversations, but have thus far escaped from the systematic studies. Good listeners generally produce these short utterances, called "back channel responses", in appropriate times to sh...

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Main Authors: Shahla Sharifi, Mahnaz Azadmanesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2012-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.401