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Grammaticalization and Discourse Functions Laurel J. Brinton. Chapter 2 Conceptual background 2.0. Introduction This chapter examines the scholarly literature on a number of concepts important for the study of pragmatic markers.
The basic function the expression you know serves in conversational discourse is said to be that of a pragmatic particle used when the speaker wants the addressee to accept as mutual knowledge (or at least be cooperative with respect to) the propositional content of his utteranc…
