Publication details
Exploring Interactive Discourse Markers in Academic Spoken Discourse
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Spoken interaction can be characterized by many features which are typical only of the spoken variety of the language. One of these features is the frequent use of what in the relevant literature is probably most commonly referred to as discourse markers. The author adds yet another label, namely interactive discourse markers for the clausal forms such as you know, you see, I mean and I think. The aim of her study is to discuss and exemplify possible pragmatic functions of these markers in academic spoken discourse (LLC and MICASE), in particular when these are used to enhance the smooth flow of interaction and contribute to the establishment of discourse coherence, which is understood as the result of an ongoing cooperative process of negotiation of meaning between all discourse participants. |
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