'Just because' Constructions in Spoken and Written New Zealand English
Just because (JB) is widely used and has been a target of commentary and humorous use by English speakers and aroused some interest among linguists, who have investigated its syntax, semantics, and derivation. Some, based on researcher constructed data, have proposed construction analyses (Hirose 19...
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Main Authors: | Andreea Calude, Gerald Delahunty |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Prof Thomas Tinnefeld
2020-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching |
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Online Access: | https://linguisticsandlanguageteaching.blogspot.com/2020/10/journal-of-linguistics-and-language_15.html |
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