Indexing a contrast: The do-construction in English conversation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.07.004
Abstract: Abstract This conversation-analytic paper reports on the structure and interactional use of what I term the ‘do-construction’ in English-language conversation: Utterances such as The kids do eat cake (cf. The kids eat cake). The argument… read more here.
Keywords: construction; construction english; contrast construction; indexing contrast ... See more keywords