From cowan Sat Mar 6 22:55:35 2010 Subject: Re: lojban recordings To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban List) From: cowan Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:33:56 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <199509142241.SAA24904@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Sep 14, 95 10:03:55 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 695 Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Fri Sep 15 16:33:56 1995 X-From-Space-Address: cowan Message-ID: la .and. cusku di'e > On the same topic, what would you use for a backchannel, like "right, > yeah, mhm" etc.? (I.e. stuff the addressee says while the speaker's > talking.) Nothing in COI seems an obvious choice. {je'e} seems > the best, but my cmaste says it has a specialized usage of > acknowledgement, which is different from backchanneling. "je'e" is indeed the Right Thing; it specifically "acknowledges the successful reception of a communcation" (the attitudinal paper). What do you understand by "acknowledgement" other than this? "vi'o" represents acknowledgement (in the above sense) plus a willingness to comply. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.