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Download full textOstman, Jan-Ola – 1982
The role of pragmatic particles such as "you know,""I guess," and "man," which occur primarily in spontaneous speech are examined. Pragmatic particles and impromptu speech are defined in terms of prototypes and the social and cognitive causes for the two phenomena are discussed. A distinction is made between core and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Usage
