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Peer reviewedWhite, Sheida – Language in Society, 1989
Describes a study of the frequency of "backchannels" (listener responses) in English conversations within and across two groups: (1) midwestern Americans; and (2) Japanese raised in Japan. Japanese listeners displayed far more types of backchannels. While Japanese listening style remained unchanged in cross-cultural conversations,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis, English
