Publications
Publication details [#51339]
House, Juliane. 2009. Subjectivity in English as Lingua Franca discourse: The case of you know. Intercultural Pragmatics 6 (2) : 171–193.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study argues that English as a lingua franca (ELF) use of 'you know' mainly serves the functions of creating coherence and gaining time in order to find the right words for appropriate message delivery.