Pragmatic markers in native and non-native Englishes: A study into the use of and attitudes to pragmatic markers KU Leuven
The project is set to contribute to our understanding of the use of pragmatic markers (such as so, well, you know, like) by three different types of language users: native speakers of English, learners of English as a foreign language whose mother tongue is Dutch, and speakers who use English as a means of communication on a day-to-day basis. Its main research objective is to compare these three types of speakers of English in terms of their: ...