Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Parameters for typological variation of placeholders 11
6. A cross-linguistic exploration of demonstratives in interaction 33
7. Placeholder verbs in Modern Georgian 67
8. From interrogatives to placeholders in Udi and Agul spontaneous narratives 95
9. Fillers and placeholders in Nahavaq 119
10. The interactional profile of a placeholder 139
11. Fillers and their relevance in describing Sliammon Salish 173
12. Pauses, fillers, placeholders and formulaicity in Alzheimer’s discourse 189
13. Language index 217
14. Name index 219
15. Subject index 221