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Grand Valley State University

1998

Speech and Rhetorical Studies

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'About Talk': The Category Of Talk-Reflexive Words, Corey Anton Jan 1998

'About Talk': The Category Of Talk-Reflexive Words, Corey Anton

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The present exploration examines the everyday capability to talk about talk by considering mainly the use of a particular word-type, what I shall be calling 'about talk' words. As an important note, the reader of this text should observe that almost all the sentences within this paper (except for quotations) embody 'about talk'. But, rather than continue to distract the reader by underlining every instance, I shall highlight (i.e., underline) only within the first two paragraphs of this essay all of these definite references to the verbal order. As for the other sentences, paragraphs, and pages, the reader is strongly …