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M. Deli, Ágnes: On the functions of Oack-ChanneLing

10 description of tehat they call "supporting acts", with the subcategorless the "acknowledge" (eg. yea

h, uhuh

} mm ), indicating the liearer's understanding and his expectation that the speaker should go on speaking, the "accept" (eg. okey

, O

h I see ), implying minimal understanding of what is accepted, and the "endorse" (eg. you're q

uite righ

t ), supporting the point made by the speaker. Orestrom (1983:107) discusses BCM items partly using Duncan and Niederehe's classification (cf. Duncan and Niederehe (1974:236) )„ He includes among the BCH-s the following contributions of the listener: Supports

: m, mhrn

, yes, yeah

, right, OK, fine, I know, that's right, I se

e, etc. Exclamations: olt, gosh, God, g

ood God

, bloody h

el

l, etc, ExcJ amatory t^jestions: w

hat

, r

eal

ly, did tie, was it, etc. Sentence completions cf. below in 1.2.4. and 1.2.5 Restatements Discussing sociological interest in discourse Stuhbs (1903:109-193) provides an interpretation of a cline with three "ine In interactional moves" such as acknowl

edg

e, acce

pt and endorse

. In his analysis tie pays special attention to endorsements which lie considers as the move implying most enthusiasm on the part of the speaker. He offers some formal exponents concentrating on some specific expressions of supports like (that's) a (very) good/ excellent point, r (isn't it?) (_ (don't you think?) I quite/entirely/absolutely agree you're quite/absolutely right/correct (yes) that's right „you're quite right