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Abstract

This cross-sectional study explores the phrase ‘I think/cogitate’ in Swedish talk-in-interaction and compares it with two similar phrases, ‘I think/find’ and ‘I think/believe/guess’. It consists of a quantitative overview of the three phrases and a qualitative, interactionally informed analysis of in task-based group conversations with L1 and L2 speakers of Swedish. The results show that has a stance-taking function in L1 interactions and projects more talk, which typically accounts for the reasoning behind the point the speaker is making. However, the L2 speakers do not use as a stance-taking phrase; instead, they may deploy or to project turns that accomplish similar actions to those that the L1 speakers accomplish with .

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2023-09-07
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