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Publication details [#64442]

Balteiro, Isabel. 2018. Oh wait: English pragmatic markers in Spanish football chatspeak. Journal of Pragmatics 133 : 123–133.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This paper deals with oh wait, a borrowed ironic pragmatic marker frequent in Spanish football chats, and with how and why this English marker is incorporated into Spanish football comments. Oh wait multifunctionality acts at four distinct discourse levels. Distinct native and non-native (imperfect) uses of oh wait are handled.