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Schiffrin, Deborah. 1985. Conversational coherence: The role of `well'. Language 61 (3) : 640–667.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

An analysis of 'well' as a device for ensuring conversational coherence. 'Well' functions as a response marker to re-establish or improve conversational coherence when different levels of referent and response are involved.