Glossary of Linguistic Terms SIL language, linguistic 2021-08-05 2021-08-23 17:39:57 en 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: Um, yes, thanks, but you--I mean, I’ll just do it myself. Page/s: 334–336 Source: [Levinson 1983] Levinson, Stephen C. 1983.Pragmatics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University. 2021-08-05 17:51:29