Tagliamonte, sali a. (2005). so who? like how? just what?: discourse

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Tagliamonte, sali a. (2005). so who? like how? just what?: discourse markers in the conversations of english speaking youth. journal of.
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Tagliamonte, Sali A. (2005). So who? Like how? Just what?: Discoursemarkers in the conversations of English speaking youth. Journal ofPragmatics, 37 (11), 1896-‐1915.IntroductionExploration of salient discourse markers:-‐ like, just, intensifiers (really, very, so in particular)-‐ Hasn’t been explored in Canadian youth-‐ Asking:o What is the trajectory of linguistic change?o Is this phenomenon truly linguistic change? Or is it simply a feature of“teen-‐talk” that distinguishes speakers from older/youngergenerations?Use of quantitative method within traditional sociolinguistic variation theory-‐ Not normally an approach used for looking at discourse markers-‐ Attempts to adapt these methods to look at innovative features undergoingchange in CanECorpus-‐ Conversational data-‐ 26 Speakers from 10-‐20 years old (4-‐5 members/age group)-‐ Data from 2002-‐2003-‐ Investigation was limited to Toronto-‐born speakers-‐ Interviewerso 20-‐22 years old-‐ Speakerso 10-‐20 years ol...
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