Like' is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of 'like', each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical…
Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- A myriad of like -- The unremarkable l…
Like' is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of 'like', each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical…
Like' is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of 'like', each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical…