Tanaka2010

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Tanaka2010
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Tanaka2010
Author(s) Hiroko Tanaka
Title Multimodal expressivity of the Japanese response particle Huun: Displaying involvement without topical engagement
Editor(s) Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber, Margret Selting
Tag(s) EMCA, Multimodality, Japanese, Response token
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Year 2010
Language English
City Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Pages 303–332
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23.25tan
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Howpublished
Book title Prosody in Interaction
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Abstract

Of the half a dozen non-lexical response particles in Japanese sharing significant properties with Oh in English, this chapter focuses on a single feature of one such particle Huun, namely that of displaying involvement with ongoing talk without topical engagement, while making relevant a topic shift. A multimodal approach is taken to demonstrate that a free-standing Huun can be enlisted to withhold an explicit evaluative stand while simultaneously displaying attentiveness, if not profound affective alignment, with current talk, partly through harnessing its potentially rich expressivity. Participant reactions suggest the particle may even be treated “as if” a fully fledged, lexicalized turn. Furthermore, multimodal resources can be combined with the occasioning of Huun to gradually lead to topic attrition.

Notes

see: Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar (2010) ‘Response tokens-A multimodal approach: Comments on Hiroko Tanaka “Multimodal expressivity of the Japanese response particle Huun”’. In: Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber, Margret Selting, eds. (2010) Prosody in Interaction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins: 333-338