Kate Beeching is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Director of the Bristol Centre for Linguistics.

• 1. 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know…'; 2. Corpus approaches, choice of markers and methodology; 3. Well; 4. Just; 5. You know; 6. Like; 7. Sort of; 8. I mean; 9. Conclusion.

'Kate Beeching's important contribution to the study of pragmatic markers in English combines - for the first time - detailed sociolinguistic synchronic analysis with historical corpora studies in an accessible, informative, and readable text.' Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia

Kate Beeching is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Director of the Bristol Centre for Linguistics.

• 1. 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know…'; 2. Corpus approaches, choice of markers and methodology; 3. Well; 4. Just; 5. You know; 6. Like; 7. Sort of; 8. I mean; 9. Conclusion.

'Kate Beeching's important contribution to the study of pragmatic markers in English combines - for the first time - detailed sociolinguistic synchronic analysis with historical corpora studies in an accessible, informative, and readable text.' Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia

Kate Beeching is Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Director of the Bristol Centre for Linguistics.

• 1. 'Well I mean I just sort of like you know…'; 2. Corpus approaches, choice of markers and methodology; 3. Well; 4. Just; 5. You know; 6. Like; 7. Sort of; 8. I mean; 9. Conclusion.

'Kate Beeching's important contribution to the study of pragmatic markers in English combines - for the first time - detailed sociolinguistic synchronic analysis with historical corpora studies in an accessible, informative, and readable text.' Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia