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B-event statement
- Salla Kurhila
- Daniel Radice
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Description: In the original definition given by Labov and Fanshel (1977), a B-event is one which is known by the recipient (B) but not by the speaker (A). A B-event statement is a declarative utterance which both participants orient to as concerning such events.