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Publication details [#53460]

Innes, Bronwen. 2010. “Well, that’s why I asked the question sir”: Well as a discourse marker in court. Language in Society 39 (1) : 95–117.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

courtroom | discourse marker | explanation | function

Language as a subject

English, New Zealand

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study on the deployment of "well" as a discourse marker in some New Zealand courtrooms, affirms that accounts of well’s usage focusing on single strands are sketchy, and that a multi-pronged functional approach offers a more fruitful explanation.