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Female and Male Usage of Pragmatic Expressions in Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Interaction.
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Erman, Britt – Language Variation and Change, 1992
A study investigated the use of three pragmatic expressions ("you know, you see, I mean") by female and male British English speakers to (1) establish actual differences in usage over a number of functions of the three expressions, and (2) discover any correlation of usage with same-sex vs. mixed-sex interaction. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Punctors: A Pragmatic Variable.
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Vincent, Diane; Sankoff, David – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Analysis of the distribution of punctors, a class of markers commonly classified as nervous tics, fillers, or signs of hesitation, in one corpus of French is presented. Some aspects of their conditioning are explained in terms of the interaction of etymological, discursive, syntactic, and social constraints. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), French, Interpersonal Communication