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- Title
The pragmatic marker like in English teen talk: Australian Aboriginal usage.
- Authors
Sharifian, Farzad; Malcolm, Ian G.
- Abstract
This study reports on the use of like in Aboriginal English teen talk. The analysis of a sub-corpus of 40 adolescent texts from a corpus of 100 narratives by speakers of Aboriginal English in Western Australia revealed that like is often employed by these speakers, and that it achieves a multitude of functions. In general it is observed that like may mark off a) a discrepancy between the intended conceptualization and the expressed concept, b) an attitude, feeling, or certain degree of commitment towards a lexical item, and c) a shift in some element of discourse. The results of this study support and extend the analysis carried out by Andersen (2000) on London teen talk.
- Publication
Pragmatics & Cognition, 2003, Vol 11, Issue 2, p327
- ISSN
0929-0907
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1075/pc.11.2.07sha