Language change

[Debbie James]

This pattern of using "go" and "like" is also seen in South Australia. I
have not noticed the use of "all" however


At 10:03 AM 8/13/99 -0700, Carol Stoel-Gammon wrote:
>I haven't seen any mention of the "new" ways to report dialogue using
>either "go" (the oldest and most widespread form), "like" or "all" as in:
>
>... and then he goes "Did you see what Joe was wearing?" and I go "Yeah,
>his outfit was rad"
>
>OR:  ... and then he's like "Did you see what Joe was wearing?" and I'm
>like "Yeah, his outfit was rad"
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>OR"  ... and then he's all "Did you see what Joe was wearing?" and I'm all
>"Yeah, his outfit was rad"
>
>A new use that I hear frequently around Seattle (and is probably typical
>of the west coast) is the use of "way" as an intensifier meaning "very" as
>in "way cool" or "way close." I even had a clerk tell me that the box he
>was unwrapping was "way packed."
>
>Carol Stoel-Gammon
>Speech and Hearing Sciences
>University of Washington
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Debbie James
Senior Lecturer in Speech Pathology (Child language and speech)
Department of Speech Pathology
Flinders University
GPO Box 2100
Adelaide
South Australia 5001
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email debbbie.james at flinders.edu.au