Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1989. 19/3. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 19)

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

1.1 "I'm still listening" - Audition markers The verbal reactions of the listener are at the lowest level on the involvement scale here. These items, undoubtedly, have no prepositional content, they just prove that the listener has accepted his auditory role and that he is willing to assure the speaker of his "presence" and interest

. Stubbs labels this move "acknowledge", including three exponents of the category yeah, uhuh

, and mn. Unlike Stubbs' observation that these items have falling tone and mid or low pitch we have found that sometimes, on the contrary, the attentiveness of the listener is narked by rising intonation ( cf. (1) and (2) below ). (1) A ... 207 //what SE^MS to nca200 an //EQUALLY firm 'statement of Chirk POL ICY Si »209 in v //Carver College NEWLYNB

210 in the //summer x of nineteen sixty -one from Dan rRDSSÜ x - x 211 //you SEP ü 0 212 x // Z mhm jU* >A 213 xx - xx 7 //which was '^LSO ^.stating^? a firm 0 214 xx // YEAI

iMfxx ' •' S.1.2 (2) A 355//well there have been a couple of - J p inchoative - fb : 317 but abortive CALLSSS ' 356 Cz :rn J ' //from PETERBOROUGH» • 357 //to my HOME H • 350 x . x [ 3 : J B 359 x // AHÁ • x S.1.2