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A Toddler's Treatment of "Mm" and "Mm Hm" in Talk with a Parent
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Filipi, Anna – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
The study to be reported in this paper examined the work accomplished by "mm" and "mm hm" in the interactions of a parent and his daughter aged 0;10-2;0. Using the findings of Gardner (2001) for adults, the analysis shows that "mm" accomplished a range of functions based on its sequential placement and prosodic features, whereas "mm hm" was much…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Suprasegmentals, Discourse Analysis, Toddlers