A discourse marker is a word or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse. Since their main function is at the level of...
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Like (redirect from Like (discourse particle))
spoken English, serving as a discourse particle, signalling either a hedge indicating uncertainty, or alternatively a marker of focus signalling that what...
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such as in Australian English and New Zealand English.) "Like" as a discourse marker. "Like" is used as a filler word, similar to "um" or "er", as in, "I'm...
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that discourse relations correspond to the sense (semantic meaning or pragmatic function) of discourse connectives (discourse markers, discourse cues...
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adjective, can express acknowledgement without approval. As a versatile discourse marker or continuer, it can also be used with appropriate intonation to show...
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So (word) (category Discourse analysis)
conjunctive to refer backwards to something previously mentioned as a discourse marker to signal that the following words are chosen for their relevance to...
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Maltese English (section Discourse markers)
"inner circle" varieties. Maltese English, I do not use a lot. The discourse marker "eh" (/ɛɪ/ in higher-prestige varieties an /ɛ~ɛː/ in others) is used...
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Deborah Schiffrin (section Discourse markers)
who researched areas of discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, producing seminal work on the topic of English discourse markers. Born and raised in Philadelphia...
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Quotation (redirect from Direct discourse)
English can be introduced by "She said". In some languages, there is a discourse marker in addition to the verb of saying that functions as verbal quotation...
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A discourse topic is the central participant or idea of a stretch of connected discourse or dialogue. The topic is what the discourse is about. The notion...
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English language (section Discourse level syntax)
(the idiomatic marker no way! expressing disbelief), or boy! I'm hungry (the marker boy expressing emphasis). While discourse markers are particularly...
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interjections partly overlaps with a few other categories like profanities, discourse markers, and fillers. The use and linguistic discussion of interjections can...
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Speech disfluency (redirect from Hesitation marker)
the utterance of hmm. Aizuchi Aphasia Auditory processing disorder Discourse marker Epanorthosis Natural language processing Speech and language impairment...
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the discourse markers yeah no (or yeah nah) and no yeah (or nah yeah) may be used to mean "no" and "yes" respectively. Extended discourse markers of this...
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to idiolect get sorted into three categories: irrelevant, personal discourse marker(s), and informal vocabulary. Samples at the end of the frame and far...
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(such as negation, mood, tense, or case), clitics, fillers or (oral) discourse markers such as well, um, etc. Particles are never inflected. Some commonly...
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contemporary Irish writing: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's use of like as a discourse marker". International Journal of English Studies. 12 (2, p24): 19. doi:10...
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S2CID 53459665. Lipski, John M. (2012). "Free at Last: From Bound Morpheme to Discourse Marker in Lengua ri Palenge (Palenquero Creole Spanish)". Anthropological...
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between words, superficially similar to the "uh" speech disfluency or discourse marker seen in ordinary conversation but with a more constant tone and duration...
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Utterance (category Discourse analysis)
pairs - an utterance and the answer to that utterance - are used. Discourse markers are used to organize conversation ("first", "secondly", etc.). Lexis...
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The Qur'anic Text: Relevance, Coherence and Structure. Routledge Discourse Markers as Indicators of Text Structure in the multiple-topic Qur’anic suras:...
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"Italian Discourse Markers and Modal Particles in Contact". In Fedriani, Chiara; Sansó, Andrea (eds.). Pragmatic Markers, Discourse Markers and Modal...
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ISSN 0024-3841. Lipski, John M. (2012). "Free at Last: From Bound Morpheme to Discourse Marker in Lengua ri Palenge (Palenquero Creole Spanish)". Anthropological...
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order to hold the floor (a linguistic strategy similar to a filler or discourse marker). In Northern California generally, a tense [eɪ~e] is the pronunciation...
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play important roles as discourse markers. The four principal ones are the formality marker 마씀 -masseum and the emphatic markers 게 -ge, 이 -i, and 양 -yang...
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bounds marker denotes the area beyond which playing is forbidden and not allowed. However, unlike golf, the OB markers of Singaporean political discourse are...
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Deixis (redirect from Discourse deixis)
and in "John punched Tom, and left-[different subject marker]," it is Tom who left. Discourse deixis has been observed in internet language, particularly...
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Tunisian Arabic morphology (section Discourse markers)
involve Discourse markers that are used to emphasize some facts in discussions. These facts could be even evidences and conclusions. Evidence markers are...
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article or aspect marker) that can be glossed that way. When a more precise gloss would be misleading (for example, an aspectual marker that has multiple...
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attribution constructions, definiteness marking, complement clauses, and discourse markers and connectors. Khuzestani Arabic is only used in informal situations...
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