Displaying overt recipiency: reactive tokens in Mandarin task-oriented conversation

This thesis examines the interconnection between the linguistic forms of reactive tokens and their associated conversational actions in Mandarin conversation. It aims to show how reactive tokens are produced and interpreted by participants themselves as the display of an awareness of being a recipi...

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Main Author: Xu, Jun
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11006/