Preface
Preface
A preface is an audible device, such as one of the following, used within a turn to put off a dispreferred response :
- Items like well
- Token agreement
- Indications of appreciation, apology, or qualification
- Self-repair
There are prefaces of token agreement, appreciation, self-repair, and so forth in the following sentence:
Page/s: 334–336
Source: Levinson 1983
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Delay
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/preface
