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05:16 May 4, 2003 |
Japanese to English translations [PRO] Linguistics / linguistics | |||||
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5 +3 | backchannel(s) |
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5 | sounds given during a conversation . |
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5 | forging an affirmative response |
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2 -1 | interjection |
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interjection Explanation: I'm not sure what the official linguistic term is, but the word "interjection" may be a possibility. |
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backchannel(s) Explanation: For the phenomena of "あいづち", "backchannel" or "backchannels" is more suitable. However, the act of "あいづち" (or "あいづちを打つこと") is "backchennelling". In the first link, you will see how "あいづち" is translated into English, and, in the second link, you will see some of the articls on backchannelling by other notable scholars (in particular, those at Chiba University). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-05-04 05:38:01 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ¥"listener acknowledgement¥" sounds like a kind of Japanese-English. In fact, we can od two examples of ¥"listener acknowledgement¥". However, ¥"listener feedback¥" can be used as a substitite for ¥"backchannel¥". A site in the Linguistic Society of American (of which I am a member) uses this term, and it is also a good resource. In fact, Deborah Tannen is a leading scholar in sociolinguistics, and her account is very correct: http://www.lsadc.org/web2/discourse.html Reference: http://www.nii.ac.jp/sokuho/articles/ncid/AN10106606/1998000... Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=backchannels&lr=lang_ja |
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