Aris Keshav
List of John Benjamins publications in which Aris Keshav is involved.
Article
2025 “That 3-word-ultimatum”: The relationship escalator and normative romance in metalinguistic commentary about I love you Journal of Language and Sexuality 14:1, pp. 1–30 | Article
I love you is among the most meaningful utterances in English speakers’ organization of intimacy, yet remains understudied by scholars of language. This article investigates metapragmatic discourse about the first exchange of I love you between romantic partners using data from the social… read more
