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Clift2003
BibType ARTICLE
Key Clift2003
Author(s) Rebecca Clift
Title Synonyms in action
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Synonyms
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Year 2003
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Journal International Journal of English Studies
Volume 3
Number 1
Pages 167–187
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Abstract

This paper discusses what the methods of conversation analysis (CA) might have to offer the study of linguistic synonymy. It takes as a case study two items commonly held to be synonyms -'actually' and 'in fact'- and shows considerable differences between the two in their interactional implementation: they are implicated in the prosecution of differing courses of action. Such cases argue that it is analytically more profitable to consider what a lexical item does in the context of talk than what it means.

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