OKAY has been termed 'a spectacular expression'and 'America's greatest invention.'This
volume offers an in-depth empirical study of the uses that have resulted from its global …

In everyday conversation, turns often follow each other immediately or overlap in time. It has
been proposed that speakers achieve this tight temporal coordination between their turns by …

Tangram pictures are abstract pictures which may be used as stimuli in various fields of
experimental psychology and are often used in the field of dialogue psychology. The present …

During dialogue, people reach mutual comprehension through the production of feedback
markers such as “yeah” or “okay.” The purpose of the current study was to determine if …

Background Parkinson's disease (PD) leads to changes in verbal communications. The
focus of most studies to date has been on speech impairment, which is specifically referred …

Studies in Language and Social Interaction is a series which continues the tradition of
Studies in Discourse and Grammar, but with a new focus. It aims to provide a forum for …

L'objet de notre étude est l'analyse croisée des dimensions sémantique et prosodique de ok
dans des dialogues en français oral. Pour ce faire, notre analyse revêtira deux volets, l'un …

Nous proposons une rencontre entre nos disciplines respectives, psychologie et
linguistique, afin d'étudier une question relevant des deux disciplines mais généralement …

This chapter examines one of the most important problems in the modern information society—
mutual understanding, the ability to work effectively with meanings and conduct dialogue …