Enquoting voices, accomplishing talk: Uses of be + like in Instant Messaging

Based on a comparative study of informal speech and writing practices within comparable samples of American college students in 2003 and 2006, this article charts a dramatic expansion in the use of quotative like, and of reported speech and thought more generally, in Instant Messaging (IM). The spre...

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Published in:Language & communication 2009, Vol.29 (1), p.77-113
Main Authors: Jones, Graham M., Schieffelin, Bambi B.
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Reported speech
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