What do we say “a poco” for in conversation?
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Mexican spanish, discourse markers, skepticism, conversation analysis, a pocoAbstract
The present article is about the Mexican phrase “a poco” in naturally occurring conversations. We apply the conversation-analytic method to investigate this phrase in telephone and video conversation recordings. The study shows the functions of the phrase in social interaction; particularly, it describes the interactional context where “a poco” is produced and the social actions in which the speakers use the phrase.
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