Torgersen, Eivind Nessa and Gabrielatos, Costas and Hoffmann, Sebastian and Fox, Susan (2011) A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. Corpus linguistics and linguistic theory, 7 (1). pp. 93-118. ISSN 1613-7027
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This article analyses the use of particular pragmatic markers in two corpora of spoken London English: the Linguistic Innovators Corpus (LIC) and the Corpus of London Teenage Language (COLT). We found variation according to sex, ethnicity and geographical location, with a different distribution for each pragmatic marker. The innovative pragmatic marker you get me was most frequent among male non-Anglo Hackney residents, indicating innovation in inner London. We argue that a number of pragmatic markers, most notably you get me, should be regarded as elements of Multicultural London English, along with other features that have already been documented.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Corpus linguistics and linguistic theory |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sociolinguistics ; pragmatic markers ; language and ethnicity ; linguistic innovation ; spoken language ; Multicultural London English ; LANGUAGE CHANGE ; DIFFUSION ; SYSTEM |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Linguistics & English Language |
| ID Code: | 49495 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 23 Aug 2011 16:32 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 19:28 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/49495 |
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