Introducing Pragmatics in Use is a lively and accessible introduction to pragmatics which
both covers theory and applies it to real spoken and written data. This textbook …

Elastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in'He loves her, kind of'. It
is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals. Consolidating current research and …

General extenders are phrases like'or something','and everything','and things (like that)','and
stuff (like that)', and'and so on'. Although they are an everyday feature of spoken language …

Page 1 PEY MAN GP SABET GRACE Q. ZHANG CO M M UN |CAT |NG THROUGH VAGUE
LANGUAGE A Comparative Study of L1 and | 2 Speakers Page 2 Communicating through …

In a number of recent studies, developments in the structure of English general extenders
(eg and stuff (like that), or something (like that)) have been investigated from the perspective …

This article examines vague lexical features in unplanned, naturally occurring spoken
discourse among speakers of Peninsular Spanish. It focuses on vague multi-word …

Research has shown that vague language, which includes vague items (general nouns,
general verbs, general extenders, vague clauses, clause final ellipsis and conversational …

This chapter investigates how learners of English who are native speakers of Dutch use
general extenders such as and stuff and or something. The corpus consists of the Dutch …

This thesis examines the mechanisms of linguistic change involved in the actuation and
subsequent development of pragmatic markers (PMs). Using the variationist method, I test …

Abstract English vague language (VL), as in general noun phrases, general extenders and
general verbs, is central to casual conversation. It can have discourse functions and create …