Like (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Like" in English language version.

Last modified: 02:00:26, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

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64doi.org

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42cambridge.org

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22jstor.org

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22books.google.com

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21theatlantic.com

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21dukeupress.edu

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11psychologytoday.com

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11bustle.com

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11bostonglobe.com

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11theguardian.com

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11thetimes.com

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books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Underhill, Robert (Autumn 1988). "Like is, like, Focus". American Speech. 63 #3 (3): 234–246. doi:10.2307/454820. JSTOR 454820. name="Pragmatic Markers">Andersen, Gisle; Thorstein Fretheim, eds. (2000). Pragmatic Markers and Propositional Attitude. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 31–3. ISBN 9027250987.
Andersen, Gisle; Thorstein Fretheim, eds. (2000). Pragmatic Markers and Propositional Attitude. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 31–3. ISBN 9027250987.

bostonglobe.com (Global: 657^th place; English: 344^th place)

"Linguists are like, 'Get used to it!'". The Boston Globe.

bustle.com (Global: 1,175^th place; English: 687^th place)

Tigar, Lindsay (January 19, 2016). "How to Say 'I Like You' When You're Not Ready for 'I Love You'". Bustle. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

cambridge.org (Global: 209^th place; English: 151^st place)

dictionary.cambridge.org

"Like". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
"As or like?". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Blyth, Carl; Recktenwald, Sigrid; Wang, Jenny (1990). "I'm like, "Say What?!": A New Quotative in American Oral Narrative". American Speech. 65 (3): 215–227. doi:10.2307/455910. JSTOR 455910.
Underhill, Robert (Autumn 1988). "Like is, like, Focus". American Speech. 63 #3 (3): 234–246. doi:10.2307/454820. JSTOR 454820. name="Pragmatic Markers">Andersen, Gisle; Thorstein Fretheim, eds. (2000). Pragmatic Markers and Propositional Attitude. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 31–3. ISBN 9027250987.
D'Arcy, Alexandra (1 November 2007). "Like and Language Ideology: Disentangling Fact from Fiction". American Speech. 82 (4): 386–419. doi:10.1215/00031283-2007-025.
Bakker, Iris (31 December 2018). "Keeping up With Hollywood's Valley Girls: A Lifespan Study Exploring the Kardashian Sisters' Use of Traditional and Non-Traditional Likes". Lifespans & Styles. 4 (2): 25–31. doi:10.2218/ls.v4i2.2018.2914.

dukeupress.edu (Global: 5,557^th place; English: 3,265^th place)

read.dukeupress.edu

D'Arcy, Alexandra (1 November 2007). "Like and Language Ideology: Disentangling Fact from Fiction". American Speech. 82 (4): 386–419. doi:10.1215/00031283-2007-025.

ed.ac.uk (Global: 1,867^th place; English: 1,129^th place)

journals.ed.ac.uk

Bakker, Iris (31 December 2018). "Keeping up With Hollywood's Valley Girls: A Lifespan Study Exploring the Kardashian Sisters' Use of Traditional and Non-Traditional Likes". Lifespans & Styles. 4 (2): 25–31. doi:10.2218/ls.v4i2.2018.2914.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Blyth, Carl; Recktenwald, Sigrid; Wang, Jenny (1990). "I'm like, "Say What?!": A New Quotative in American Oral Narrative". American Speech. 65 (3): 215–227. doi:10.2307/455910. JSTOR 455910.
Underhill, Robert (Autumn 1988). "Like is, like, Focus". American Speech. 63 #3 (3): 234–246. doi:10.2307/454820. JSTOR 454820. name="Pragmatic Markers">Andersen, Gisle; Thorstein Fretheim, eds. (2000). Pragmatic Markers and Propositional Attitude. John Benjamins Publishing. pp. 31–3. ISBN 9027250987.

psychologytoday.com (Global: 2,259^th place; English: 1,691^st place)

Seltzer, Leon F (March 7, 2017). "'I Have Feelings for You,' Its Eight Different Meanings". Psychology Today. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

theatlantic.com (Global: 322^nd place; English: 198^th place)

McWhorter, John (November 25, 2016). "The Evolution of 'Like'". The Atlantic. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Wolfson, Sam (15 May 2022). "Why do people, like, say, 'like' so much?". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2022. But there are more uses than that, for example the Geordie tradition of finishing sentences with a like.

thetimes.com (Global: 221^st place; English: 110^th place)

Griffiths, Sian; Julie Henry (June 16, 2019). "Like it or not, they can't stop saying it on Love Island". The Times. London.

Like (English Wikipedia)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

bostonglobe.com (Global: 657th place; English: 344th place)

bustle.com (Global: 1,175th place; English: 687th place)

cambridge.org (Global: 209th place; English: 151st place)

dictionary.cambridge.org

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

dukeupress.edu (Global: 5,557th place; English: 3,265th place)