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Whales, Candlelight, and Stuff Like That: General Extenders in English Discourse

By Maryann Overstreet

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2000
ISBN
0195125746, 9780195125740, 9781423738015
LCC
PE1422 .O94 1999
Open Library ID
OL383059M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9493860 bytes)
Series
Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
Pages
184\184
Library
avaxhome.ws
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-05-31 14:34:26
Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Лексикология и

Description

This innovative work provides the first comprehensive account of general extenders (''or something,'' ''and stuff,'' ''or whatever''). Combining insights from linguistics, cognitive psychology, and interactional sociolinguistics, the author demonstrates that these small phrases are not simply vague expressions, but have a powerful role in making interpersonal communication work. The audience for this book includes linguists, scholars of English, teachers of English as a first and a second language, sociolinguists, psycholinguists, and communications researchers.

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