Yes, yes, yes – there are
many ways to repeat yourself. Some are more meaningful than others,
says a clever linguist in the Netherlands.Technically
speaking, "Yes, yes, yes!" is an example of "multiple sayings in social
interaction". Tanya Stivers has pursued, bagged, and intensively
studied a small herd of multiple sayings….
So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian