'like'

Wed Feb 18 20:05:31 UTC 2004

Johanna Rubba asks:
>Hi folks,
>
>Another list that I am on is discussing uses of 'like' in current
>youth-speak. I know these uses have been studied, and was wondering if
>anyone could supply some references. I'm especially interested in any
>discourse-marker functions it has.
>
>Thanks!
>Jo

A splendid paper is:

Siegel, Muffy. 2002. Like: The Discourse Particle and Semantics. J. of
Semantics 19(1).