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And then I was like, “No way!”: A variationist study of be like in young Cape Town speech

Over the last two decades, the adoption of the quotative be like has emerged as one of the prominent examples of ongoing historical changes in English. This has been documented internationally, but the degree to which this change has taken place in South African English remains understudied. This di...

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Main Author: Horn, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Mesthrie, Rajend
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: School of African and GenderStuds, Anth and Ling 2023
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