Signal non-understanding

An utterance that signals that the speaker has not understood the previous utterance, i.e., did not hear it or could not make sense of it. Instances for that move are “I don’t understand” and variants like “What did you say?”. ^[1]

Example (1): The following statements signals non-understanding:
  -I don't understand your question
  -What do you mean by that?
  -What do you mean?

Notes

↑ Karagjosova, E., & Tsovaltzi, D. (2005). Dialogue moves for DIALOG.

[karagjosova2005dialogue-1] Karagjosova, E., & Tsovaltzi, D. (2005). Dialogue moves for DIALOG.

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Signal non-understanding

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