Quotative be like in American English ephemeral or here to stay?

English World-Wide

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-90

  Barbieri, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; American English; Be like; Change in progress; Go; Lifespan change; Quotatives; Real time; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949144712     PISSN: 01728865     EISSN: 15699730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/eww.30.1.05bar     Document Type: Article

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