The thing is is that people talk that way. The question is is why?

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Tuggy, David
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Issue Date: 
1996
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Mouton de Gruyter
Publisher Place: 
Berlin
Is Part Of Series: 
Cognitive Linguistics Research 6
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pages 713-752
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Published
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Entry Number: 
2874