DIFFERENT INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS OF RESPONSE TOKEN “khě” IN ORDINARY PASHTO CONVERSATION

Authors

  • Salma Khatoon Lecturer
  • Sultan Muhammad Assistant Professor
  • Amjad Saleem Assistant Professor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v5i01.1043

Abstract

Listeners’ participation and active listenership are expressed by using minimal response tokens by listeners. Listeners use different types of response tokens to participate in conversation and to help continue the smooth flow of conversation. This study explores various interactive functions of “khě” (ok) in everyday Pashto conversation by the native speakers of the language. This paper argues that “khě” is a multifunctional token which serves different functions in everyday Pashto conversation. In addition to being used as an acknowledgment token, it marks pre-shift and closure in a conversation. It is also used to make request and express surprise and threat. These functions depend upon the occurrence of response token “khě” in a sequential environment and prosody.

Keywords: Pashto conversation, Response tokens, TCUs, Interactive functions, Sequential environment, Prosody  

Author Biographies

  • Salma Khatoon , Lecturer

    Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat

     

     

  • Sultan Muhammad, Assistant Professor

    Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra

     

  • Amjad Saleem, Assistant Professor

    Department of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Peshawar

     

     

Additional Files

Published

2023-03-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 01 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Social Research (PJSR)

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

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“DIFFERENT INTERACTIVE FUNCTIONS OF RESPONSE TOKEN ‘khě’ IN ORDINARY PASHTO CONVERSATION”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 5, no. 01, pp. 441–454, Mar. 2023, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v5i01.1043.