Japanese responses hai, ee, and un: Yes, no, and beyond

Language and Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-86

  Angles, Jeffrey ^a   Nagatomi, Ayumi ^a   Nakayama, Mineharu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back channel; Ee; Hai; Japanese; Positive response; Un

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346685771     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(99)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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