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Pragmatic markers in British English : meaning in social interaction /

"Fundamental to oral fluency, pragmatic markers facilitate the flow of spontaneous, interactional and social conversation. Variously termed 'hedges', 'fumbles' and 'conversational greasers' in earlier academic studies, this book explores the meaning, function and r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beeching, Kate (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
English language > Great Britain > Grammar.
Discourse markers > Social aspects.
Pragmatics > Social aspects.
Pragmatics > Variation.
Linguistic change.
Interlanguage (Language learning) > Social aspects.
Intercultural communication > Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics > Research.
Great Britain > Languages.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know ... '
  • 2. Corpus approaches, choice of markers and methodology
  • 3. Well
  • 4. Just
  • 5. You know
  • 6. Like
  • 7. Sort of
  • 8. I mean
  • 9. Conclusion.