Article published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 11:2 (2003) ► pp.327–344
The pragmatic marker like in English teen talk
Australian Aboriginal usage
Published online: 5 February 2004
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.11.2.07sha
https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.11.2.07sha
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.
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