Discourse-pragmatic variation in context : eight hundred years of like / by Alexandra D'Arcy, University of Victoria.

Like' is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of 'like', each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical conte...

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Main Author: D'Arcy, Alexandra, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 187.
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