Pragmatic markers in British English : meaning in social interaction /
An exploration of how 'well', 'I mean', 'just', 'sort of', 'like' and 'you know' are used in contemporary British English.
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Transcription conventions; 1 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know ... '; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What are pragmatic markers? Terms, categories and functions; 1.3 Pragmatic markers and their functions in conversation; 1.4 Polysemous, multifunctional and open to interpretation; 1.5 Sociolinguistic aspects of pragmatic markers; 1.6 The historical development of pragmatic markers; 2 Corpus approaches, choice of markers and methodology; 2.1 Corpus approaches and data investigated.
- 2.2 Synchronic corpora2.3 Choice of markers; 2.4 Commonly occurring markers, D-values and collocations; 2.5 Exploring attitudes to pragmatic markers; 2.6 Methodologies for exploring discourse variation and change; 2.7 Previous historical studies and diachronic corpora; 2.8 Overview of the methodology; 3 Well; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Functions in social interaction; 3.3 Sociolinguistic features; 3.4 Historical semantic change; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Just; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Functions; 4.3 Sociolinguistics; 4.4 Historical semantic change; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 You know; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Functions.
- 5.3 Sociolinguistic features5.4 Historical semantic change; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Like; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Functions; 6.3 Sociolinguistics; 6.4 Historical semantic change; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Sort of; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Functions; 7.3 Sociolinguistics; 7.4 Historical semantic change; 7.5 Conclusion; 8 I mean; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Functions; 8.3 Sociolinguistic features; 8.4 Historical semantic change; 8.5 Conclusion; 9 Conclusion; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Pragmatic markers and social interaction; 9.3 Macro sociolinguistic features; 9.4 Situational variation; 9.5 Historical semantic change.
- 9.6 The impact of social interaction on meaning: politeness-induced semantic changeAppendix A Role-play scenario; Appendix B Questionnaire about well, just, you know, I mean, like and sort of; Appendix C Rates of occurrence of the 6 forms in the Old Bailey Corpus; References; Index.
