Discourse Markers
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Part of Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics
- Author: Deborah Schiffrin, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- Date Published: February 1988
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521357180
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Discourse markers--the particles oh, well, now, then, you know, and I mean, and the connectives so, because, and, but, and or --perform important functions in conversation and call for the rigorous analysis this study provides. Schiffrin's approach is interdisciplinary, within linguistics and sociology, and demonstrates that markers and the conversations in which they function can only be properly understood as an integration of structural, semantic, pragmatic, and social factors. The core of this book is a comparative analysis of markers within conversational discourse collected by Dr. Schiffrin during sociolinguistic fieldwork. The study raises a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues, and the insights it offers will be of great value to readers confronting the very substantial problem presented by the search for an adequate model of discourse.
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- Date Published: February 1988
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521357180
- length: 376 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.518kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Intonation and transcription conventions
1. Background: what is discourse?
2. Prelude to analysis: definitions and data
3. Questions: why analyze discourse markers?
4. Oh: marker of information management
5. Well: marker of response
6. Discourse connectives: and, but, or
7. So and because: markers of cause and result
8. Temporal adverbs: now and then
9. Information and participation: y'know and I mean
10. Discourse markers: contextual coordinates of talk
Notes
References
Author index
Subject index.
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