The role of I guess in conversational stancetaking

Kärkkäinen, Elise

doi:10.1075/pbns.164.08kar

In:Stancetaking in Discourse: Subjectivity, evaluation, interaction
Edited by Robert Englebretson
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 164] 2007
► pp. 183–219

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The role of I guess in conversational stancetaking

Elise Kärkkäinen | University of Oulu | Academy of Finland

Published online: 25 October 2007

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.164.08kar

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