7. Summary and future directions

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Transcription Notation xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. A Review of Response Tokens 13
7. 3. Five types of Mm : The non-response tokens 65
8. 4. From continuer to acknowledgement token: Mm as a token between Mm hm and Yeah 99
9. 5. The Weakness of Mm : Topic disalignment and zero projection 133
10. 6. Intonation contour and the use of Mm 187
11. 7. Summary and future directions 251
12. Notes 257
13. Bibliography 269