Jefferson2002

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Jefferson2002
BibType ARTICLE
Key Jefferson2002
Author(s) Gail Jefferson
Title Is “no” an acknowledgment token? Comparing American and British uses of (+)/(–) tokens
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Tag(s) EMCA, Acknowledgements, Affiliation, Continuer, US English, British English
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Year 2002
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Journal Journal of Pragmatics
Volume 34
Number 10-11
Pages 1345–1383
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DOI 10.1016/S0378-2166(02)00067-X
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Abstract

This study investigates uses of the response-token ‘no’ by British and American speakers. Results of the study indicate that the token is used differently by members of those two cultures: ubiquitously—as a ‘continuer’—by the British, and selectively—as an ‘affiliative’—by Americans.

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