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Peer reviewedHolmes, Janet – Language in Society, 1986
Describes a range of forms and functions expressed by "you know," as well as its use by women and men in a corpus of spontaneous speech. Interesting contrasts were found in the most frequent functions expressed by "you know" in female and male usage. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Females, Function Words, Intonation
Peer reviewedTree, Jean E. Fox; Clark, Herbert H. – Cognition, 1997
Examined large corpus of spontaneous English conversation for pronunciation of "the" and speech patterns immediately following. Found that speakers use "thiy" (versus "thuh") pronunciation to signal immediate suspension of speech to deal with a problem in production; problems were at many levels of production, including articulation, word…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Determiners (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Function Words
