hearership
Noun

hearership (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a hearer; hearers collectively; audience; listenership.
    • 1989, Derek Roger, Peter Bull, Conversation: an interdisciplinary perspective:
      Gaze is central to these processes and Goodwin (1981) has shown both that the addressee's gaze towards the speaker is central in establishing hearership and that in the normal course of a speaking turn the addressee should bring his/her [...]



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