ABSTRACT
Itcanbesuggestedthatwelliscommonbeforeitems
justificationforresortingtoemotionallychargedlan-
guage.Becausewellexpressesthatthespeakerisen-
theexclamatoryutterance,wellcanbetakenhereto
itindicatesonlythatwhatthespeakersaysisimmedi-
applytootherfunctionsofwell:
theprivateworld(thecoreuse); 2.sincethisinwardconsultationisevincedbya
4.anaddresseemayattempttodiscernareasonwhy thespeakerhasusedamarkerofinternalconsultationatagivensequentialpositioninaconversationand,inassumingthatthespeakerisbeing cooperative,maytrytodeducethereasonforthe consultationbeingevincedbyuseofwellrather thanbroughtupexplicitlyinthesharedworld; andthespeakerusingwellmayexpectsuchinferencesanddeductions(orguesses)tooccurand mattertotheinteraction.
