On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Janet Castilleja wrote: > Dear Ategers > > How would you folks analyze these sentences? > > 1. He went, like, "you're crazy!" > > 2. He was all like "You're crazy!" > This construction, especially in 2, "be like," has recently been discussed extensively on another listserv (ADS-L). The emerging analysis terms this construction a "quotative" use of "like". Virtually, Terry (*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*) Terry Lynn Irons [log in to unmask] Voice Mail: (606) 783-5164 Snail Mail: UPO 604 Morehead, KY 40351 (*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*)=(*) To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/