The quotative system, particularly in teenage speech, has received a lot of attention from linguists in recent years (for ot...

I was like “they’re coming at eleven o’clock “ I said “they’re coming at eleven o’clock”  Do you use BE LI...

…and she said ‘hey, come and see this’ …and she was like ‘hey, come and see this’ Whi...

Would you guess the Newcastle speaker of the extract below to be over or under the age of 40? And what are the clues that help you...

This is me ‘I’m from Hackney’ Researchers Jenny Cheshire , Paul Kerswill , Sue Fox and Eivind Torgersen report the use of a new quotati...

A closing statement such as It's like 'mmm' often acts as an evaluative comment towards someone or something  Most people readi...