TY - ADVS AU - Great Courses,The AU - McWhorter,John ED - The Great Courses (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Language A to Z PY - 2020/// PB - The Great Courses KW - Anthropology KW - Linguistics KW - History, Ancient KW - Second language acquisition KW - History, Modern KW - Sociology KW - Foreign study KW - Education films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; John McWhorter; Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020 N2 - Turn now to a topic linguists get asked about a lot: the use of "like" in conversation among young people. As Professor McWhorter reveals, this popular pet peeve is actually a highly ritualized form of acting and a perfect example of pragmatic particles, which convey attitudes toward what's being said UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/12413206 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/12413206/external-image ER -