‘Yeah obvs. That’s awesome’: A Short-Term Semantic-Pragmatic Change in Present-Day English
Journal of English Linguistics
Published online on July 09, 2026
Abstract
Journal of English Linguistics, Ahead of Print.
The aim of this study is to analyze the changes in the frequency and use ofobviouslyover a short period of time in present-day English using comparable spoken corpora.Obviouslyhas both an evidential inferential meaning and intersubjective or ...
The aim of this study is to analyze the changes in the frequency and use ofobviouslyover a short period of time in present-day English using comparable spoken corpora.Obviouslyhas both an evidential inferential meaning and intersubjective or ...