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Peer reviewedErman, Britt – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study investigated the use of three pragmatic expressions ("you know, you see, I mean") by female and male British English speakers to (1) establish actual differences in usage over a number of functions of the three expressions, and (2) discover any correlation of usage with same-sex vs. mixed-sex interaction. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Language Usage
