Displaying Recipiency

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of tables

List of figures

List of graphs

Introduction

1.1 Aspects of conversation

1.2 Dichotomy in relation to reactive tokens

1.3 Organization of the book

Reactive Tokens in English and Mandarin Conversation

2.1 Previous studies on reactive tokens

2.2 A survey of reactive tokens in English conversation

2.2.1 ‘Mm’

2.2.2 ‘Mm hm’

2.2.3 ‘Yeah’/‘Yes’

2.2.4 ‘Uh huh’

2.2.5 ‘Oh’

2.2.6 ‘Okay’

2.2.7 ‘Right’

2.2.8 Confirmatory repeats

2.2.9 Collaborative productions

2.2.10 Laughter tokens

2.2.11 Summary

2.3 Reactive tokens in Mandarin conversation

Data and Approach

3.1 Data collection through the map task

3.1.1 The map task

3.1.2 Settings and participants

3.1.3 Instruments and procedures

3.1.4 A summary of the data

3.1.5 Potential limitations of the map task

3.1.6 Reactive tokens in relation to the map task data

3.2 Approaches to data analysis

3.2.1 Aspects of conversation analysis

3.2.2 Deviant case analysis in conversation analysis

3.2.3 The use of recorded data in conversation analysis

3.2.4 The procedures of conversation analysis

3.2.5 Applications of conversation analysis in Mandarin conversation

3.3 Two types of sequences: Adjacency pairs and direction-giving sequences

3.3.1 Adjacency pairs

3.3.2 Direction-giving sequences

3.4 Some preliminary concepts

3.4.1 The turn constructional unit in Mandarin conversation

3.4.2 Complex transition relevance places

3.5 Summary

A Sequential Analysis of Reactive Tokens in Mandarin

4.1 The working definition and categorization of Mandarin reactive tokens

4.2 A sequential analysis of reactive tokens

4.2.1 Backchannels

4.2.2 Reactive expressions

4.2.3 Composites

4.2.4 Repeats

4.2.5 Collaborative productions

4.2.6 Laughter tokens

4.3 A deviant case of ‘mm’

4.4 A summary of conversational actions through reactive tokens

Displaying Levels of Recipiency through Reactive Tokens

5.1 The role of recipients

5.2 The concept of recipiency

5.2.1 Recipiency and participation

5.2.2 Recipiency and response

5.2.3 Recipiency and affiliation

5.2.4 Other relevant terms in relation to recipiency

5.3 Displaying recipiency through reactive tokens as a social action

5.4 Conversational identities as speakers and recipients

5.5 A sequential analysis of displaying levels of recipiency through reactive tokens

5.5.1 Absence of displaying recipiency in the absence of reactive tokens

5.5.2 Displaying passive recipiency through backchannels

5.5.3 Displaying neutral recipiency through reactive expressions

5.5.4 Displaying active recipiency through repeats and collaborative productions

5.5.5 Displaying affiliative recipiency through laughter tokens

Selection of Reactive Tokens in Information Mismatch Sequences

6.1 Information mismatch sequences

6.2 Type I: Label change

6.2.1 Episode One by NNSs (17 Turns): Daxingxing (大猩猩)

6.2.2 Episode Two by NSs (4 Turns): Chazhuang xiliu (叉状溪流)

6.3 Type II: Absence or presence

6.3.1 Episode Three by NNSs (8 Turns): Shangdian (商店)

6.3.2 Episode Four by NSs (4 Turns): Gengdi (耕地)

6.4 Type III: Number inconsistency

6.4.1 Episode Five by NNSs (21 Turns): Louti (楼梯)

6.4.2 Episode Six by NSs (6 Turns): Mishide jiaobu (迷失的脚步)

6.5 Summary

Conclusion

7.1 Summary

7.2 Limitations and further work

References

Appendix

I. Transcription symbols

II. Transcription notations

List of Names

List of Subjects