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Publication details [#25878]
Fox Tree, Jean E. and josef C. Schrock. 2002. Basic meaning of you know and I mean. Journal of Pragmatics 34 (6) : 727–747. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
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Annotation
This study demonstrates how the apparent multifunctionality and the surface similarities of YOU KNOW and I MEAN can arise out of each discourse marker's basic meaning. It is stated that the basic meaning of YOU KNOW is to invite addressee inferences.