Back-Channel Behavior in Thai and American Casual Telephone Conversations
Wannaruk, Anchalee
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Description
Title
Back-Channel Behavior in Thai and American Casual Telephone Conversations
Author(s)
Wannaruk, Anchalee
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Erica McClure
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Language, Linguistics
Language
eng
Abstract
In both languages short utterances tended to show understanding, short questions to request clarification, and laughter to display emotional response. In Thai brief restatements were likely to show agreement whereas in American English sentence completions were related to the function of understanding.
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