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

作　　者：Shahla Sharifi Mahnaz Azadmanesh 

机构地区：[1]Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2011年第11期686-699,共14页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：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.

关 键 词：BC （back channel） signals PERSIAN turn taking CONVERSATION feed back 

分 类 号：TN912.3[电子电信—通信与信息系统] TP336[电子电信—信息与通信工程]