Discourse Markers - PRINT ON DEMAND

Klappentext The core of the book is a comparative analysis of markers within conversational discourse collected by Dr. Schiffrin during sociolinguistic fieldwork. The study concludes that markers provide contextual coordinates which aid in the production and interpretation of coherent conversation at both local and global levels of organization. Zusammenfassung Discourse markers! the particles and the connectives! perform important functions in conversation! and have called for the rigorous analysis which this study provides. The approach is interdisciplinary! with a comparative analysis of markers within conversational discourse. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Schiffrin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.1988
• EAN: 9780521357180
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35718-0
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics; Print On Demand; Studies in Interactional Socio; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics