Disagreement, confusion, disapproval, turn elicitation and floor holding : actions as accomplished by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns in quasisynchronous chats

• Main Author: Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics; DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Anthropology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93865; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7160
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study evidences turn actions done by ellipsis marks-only turns and blank turns as employed in quasisynchronous chats that are not discussed in prior literature. A brief introduction to the research background of ellipsis marks in online chats is followed by a description of the da...