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Peer reviewedGardner, Rod – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1997
Examines some characteristics of "Mm," in particular its variants, as a weak acknowledging token, a continuer, and a weak assessment within the Australian context. Findings indicate that the most common "Mm" is best characterized as an acknowledging object used to mark unproblematic receipt of the immediately prior talk and no…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis
