Affiliation in Adolescents' Use of Discourse Extenders

Abstract

This discussion explores the use of discourse extenders, eg and stuff andå så ‘and so’, by adolescents to express affiliation in ‘telling ’ (Cheshire 2000) episodes in interview contexts. Our understanding of discourse extenders extends earlier work (Winter & Norrby 2000) on the multifunctionality of the forms. The study draws upon research that has problematised the