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He's like ‘Do it now!’ and I'm like ‘No!’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2003

Stephen Levey
Stephen Levey
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England
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Extract

Some innovative quotative usage among young people in London. In this article, Levey looks at its use in a south-eastern variety of English, specifically in narratives of personal experience by primary-school children in an outer London borough.

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Original Articles
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English Today , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 24 - 32
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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