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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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11006/ |