... content of an ut-terance, formulating it, articulating it, and monitoringthe partner's understanding are all parallel processes,with monitoring kicking in when planning ends (Lev-elt, 199 8). Classically, ... that are capable of placing backchan-nels. In this paper, we investigated various methods of predicting the placement of backchannel continuers,using only limited processing and information that ... wasindicated by interjections, sentence-final particles, and imperative and conclusive verb forms, to-gether with a rise or fall in intonation. Hearer use of a backchannel continuer was indicated...