Echoing in Japanese conversations

M.G.J. Swerts; H. Koiso; A. Shimojima; Y. Katagiri

Echoing in Japanese conversations

M.G.J. Swerts, H. Koiso, A. Shimojima, Y. Katagiri

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

The study reported in this paper focuses on different functions of echoing in Japanese dialogues. Echoing is defined as a speaker's lexical repeat of (parts of) an utterance spoken by a conversation partner in a previous turn. The phenomenon was investigated in three task-oriented, informal dialogues. Repeats in this corpus were labelled in terms of whether or not the speaker had integrated the other person's utterance into hislher own body of knowledge. The investigation brought to light that the level of integration is reflected in a number of lexical and prosodic correlates. These features are discussed regarding their information potential, i.e., their accuracy and comprehensiveness as signals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-118
Number of pages	8
Journal	IPO Annual Progress Report
Volume	32
Publication status	Published - 1997

Cite this

@article{2bdc37c18b0b439f84324cb4e6e22aca,

title = "Echoing in Japanese conversations",

abstract = "The study reported in this paper focuses on different functions of echoing in Japanese dialogues. Echoing is defined as a speaker's lexical repeat of (parts of) an utterance spoken by a conversation partner in a previous turn. The phenomenon was investigated in three task-oriented, informal dialogues. Repeats in this corpus were labelled in terms of whether or not the speaker had integrated the other person's utterance into hislher own body of knowledge. The investigation brought to light that the level of integration is reflected in a number of lexical and prosodic correlates. These features are discussed regarding their information potential, i.e., their accuracy and comprehensiveness as signals.",

author = "M.G.J. Swerts and H. Koiso and A. Shimojima and Y. Katagiri",

year = "1997",

language = "English",

volume = "32",

pages = "111--118",

journal = "IPO Annual Progress Report",

issn = "0921-2566",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Echoing in Japanese conversations

AU - Swerts, M.G.J.

AU - Koiso, H.

AU - Shimojima, A.

AU - Katagiri, Y.

PY - 1997

Y1 - 1997

N2 - The study reported in this paper focuses on different functions of echoing in Japanese dialogues. Echoing is defined as a speaker's lexical repeat of (parts of) an utterance spoken by a conversation partner in a previous turn. The phenomenon was investigated in three task-oriented, informal dialogues. Repeats in this corpus were labelled in terms of whether or not the speaker had integrated the other person's utterance into hislher own body of knowledge. The investigation brought to light that the level of integration is reflected in a number of lexical and prosodic correlates. These features are discussed regarding their information potential, i.e., their accuracy and comprehensiveness as signals.

AB - The study reported in this paper focuses on different functions of echoing in Japanese dialogues. Echoing is defined as a speaker's lexical repeat of (parts of) an utterance spoken by a conversation partner in a previous turn. The phenomenon was investigated in three task-oriented, informal dialogues. Repeats in this corpus were labelled in terms of whether or not the speaker had integrated the other person's utterance into hislher own body of knowledge. The investigation brought to light that the level of integration is reflected in a number of lexical and prosodic correlates. These features are discussed regarding their information potential, i.e., their accuracy and comprehensiveness as signals.

M3 - Article

SN - 0921-2566

VL - 32

SP - 111

EP - 118

JO - IPO Annual Progress Report

JF - IPO Annual Progress Report

ER -

Echoing in Japanese conversations

Abstract

Fingerprint

Cite this