On some discourse functions of you know in English authentic face-to-face conversation
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 2nd Prague Conference on Linguistics and Literary Studies: Proceedings, edited by Anna Grmelová, Libuše Dušková, Mark Farrell |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | authentic conversation - comment clauses - parenthetical disjuncts - fillers - mainly interactive discourse items - discourse markers - discourse function - appealer - inform marker - empathizer - monitor |
| Description | The study indicates that the clausal form you know not only tends to be frequently used in English conversation, but also tends to perform various discourse functions. They depend on many factors, for example, prosodic features, position within the turn and sequence of turns, entire situational context including its participants, their relationships and the topics discussed in a particular situation. |