Of course: A pragmatic particle in New Zealand women's and men's speechFootnote∗

This is a much‐revised and expanded version of a paper I gave at the 6th New Zealand Linguistic Society Conference in Wellington. I would like to thank Chris Lane and Allan Bell who kindly read draft versions and made helpful suggestions.

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