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Preferred complaint strategies in Japanese and English

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Appendix 3:

Inventory of English softeners collected from JE and US groups
(A Partial List)

(N = frequency of occurrences) Situation: Complaining to a roommate Complaining to a professor Group: JE N US N JE N US N Hesitation markers You know 2 You know 4 I mean 1 I mean 0 Well 1 Well 0 Well 2 Well 1 Um(m) 0 Um(m) 3 Um(m) 0 Um(m) 1 Uh 0 Uh 1 Oh 1 Uh 1 In fact 1 Emotive phrases I think 2 I thought 4 I think 11 I think 2 I don't think 1 I don't think 1 I wonder 1 I wonder 1 I have thought 1 Do you think 5 Do you mind 1 I thought 9 I realize 1 You realize 1 I was hoping 1 What's your deal? 1 I can't get away from feeling 1 Is it cool 1 I don't feel 1 Hedges just 1 just 6 just 2 just 23

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2006 Pan SIG-Proceedings: Topic Index Author Index Page Index Title Index Main Index
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