Attenuation and courtesy in metaenunciative interventions in conversation
As conversation unfolds it is noticeable the recurrent mention by speakers to the act of linguistic formulation itself, either by commenting or evaluating their own speech or by negotiating the correct word with the interlocutor, either by explicating the labor in searching for the most adequate fo...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2014-02-01
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| Series: | Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.usp.br/flp/article/view/85468 |