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Little words such as well, now, right, okay are known as pragmatic markers. They are context-bound and multifunctional and have therefore been a challenge for linguists interested in semantics and pragmatics. Theirmultifunctionality raises questions about how many meanings they have and how these meanings are organized.
1. I wish to thank Bengt Altenberg and Kate Beeching for constructive comments on the manuscript.
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Aijmer, K. (2015). Well in an English-Swedish and English-French Contrastive Perspective. In: Beeching, K., Woodfield, H. (eds) Researching Sociopragmatic Variability. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373953_9
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