Listening behaviors in Japanese: Aizuchi and head nod use by native speakers and second language learners

The purpose of the present study is to investigate similarities and differences in the listening behaviors of native speakers and learners of Japanese, focusing on the production of aizuchi and head nods. The term aizuchi is often interchangeably used with the word backchannel, and these are charact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanzawa, Chiemi
Other Authors: Hatasa, Yukiko Abe
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2012
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/3463
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3464&context=etd