“Backchannel”: How Conversations Flow and People Bond

This little-known term will help you understand the patterns of how you connect

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I’m going to tell you about an incredibly useful linguistic concept — one of those things where you’re like “oh there’s a word for that, that’s so useful! Now I have a way to talk about it.”

You know how when you say something, sometimes…