"like"

[Christian Nelson]

I've got an article on this somewhere but can't, like, put my hands on it for
some reason. I'm fairly sure it was a column by Geoffrey Pullum in that journal
he used to have a regular column in (but please don't ask me to remember the
title of the journal--I'm not a linguist by trade). BTW, could you share the
bib. info. of Huspek's piece?
Best,
Christian

James Aune wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A few years ago I heard someone knowledgeable in sociolinguistics (James
> Cornish maybe?) say that there was some research on the use of "like" as a
> filler term.  I'm familiar with Michael Huspek's article on "y'know," but I
> am looking for something, like, specifically on, like, "like."
>
> Jim Aune
> Speech Communication
> Penn State

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