Return-Path: <@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from kantti.helsinki.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sthH3-0000ZLC; Fri, 15 Sep 95 23:22 EET DST Received: from fiport.funet.fi (fiport.funet.fi [128.214.109.150]) by kantti.helsinki.fi (8.6.12+Emil1.1/8.6.5) with ESMTP id XAA25898 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 23:22:12 +0300 Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (MAILER@CUNYVMV2) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V5.0-3 #2494) id <01HVBMNSTS2O000DYJ@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> for veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 23:23:08 +0200 (EET) Received: from CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@CUNYVM) by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8954; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:19:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 16:33:56 -0400 From: John Cowan Subject: Re: lojban recordings In-reply-to: <199509142241.SAA24904@locke.ccil.org> from Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: John Cowan Message-id: <01HVBMNSY6B6000DYJ@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: Lojban List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 746 Lines: 20 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.