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A constructional perspective on the rise of metatextual discourse markers
Cadernos de Linguística, 2021 Cognitive linguistics seeks to account for “a speaker’s knowledge of the full range of linguistic conventions” (LANGACKER, 1987; also GOLDBERG, 2006).
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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From connectors to extension particles, the meaning of sipa ki in Mauritian Creole
Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2021 The extension particles are not considered as discourse markers by all researchers mainly considering the grammatical function the connectors which they are based on can present. However, as for discourse markers which “desemantisation” has been revoked,
Shimeen-Khan Chady
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Marcadores discursivos y español coloquial en las redes sociales [PDF]
Doxa Comunicación, 2020 This paper presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the incidence and the functions of Spanish discourse markers in Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Ana Pano Alamán
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Boosting the English writing competence through the use of discourse connectors
ConcienciaDigital, 2022 Introduction. Discourse connectors are linguistic elements which main aim is to join sentences and provide fluency to the text. Objective. The present study investigates the relationship between discourse connectors and the improvement of the writing competence in the students of third semester at Carrera de Pedagogy de los Idioms Nationals y ...
Marbella Cumandá Escalante Gamazo +3 more
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Discourse Connectors and Cohesion in Writing
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015 The aim of this study was to find out the relationship between use of discourse connectors and cohesion of writing1 in the writing samples of Malaysian school students. Thirty samples from each educational level (Form 4; Form 5; College; N=30) were chosen randomly from the Malaysian Corpus of Students’ Argumentative Writing.
Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi +1 more
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The influence of television stories on narrative abilities in children [PDF]
, 2018 This research explores the narrative abilities demonstrated by children aged between 8 and 12 in the production of television stories. The results reveal that not all television stories viewed by children foster the informal education process.
Aierbe Barandiaran, Ana +3 more
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1245 occurrences of donc in the speech of Chinese L1 speakers of French in France [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 It seems that the French native speakers do not always use donc as argumentative connectors in oral French. In fact, its use as discourse markers has been addressed by many researchers in linguistics. To avoid the overlaps between different categories of
Deng Delin
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A Quantitative Corpus-based Analysis of Linking Adverbials in Students’ Academic Writing [PDF]
, 2013 Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego ...
Wodarczyk, Łukasz
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Linguistic Harbingers of Betrayal: A Case Study on an Online Strategy Game [PDF]
, 2015 Interpersonal relations are fickle, with close friendships often dissolving into enmity. In this work, we explore linguistic cues that presage such transitions by studying dyadic interactions in an online strategy game where players form alliances and ...
Boyd-Graber, Jordan +3 more
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Developing a Connective Feminine Discourse: Drusilla Modjeska on Women’s Lives, Love and Art
Coolabah, 2015 This paper discusses the work of the Australian writer and historian Drusilla Modjeska through a focus on the intersections between women‟s lives, love and art, which constitute the central triptych of Modjeska‟s writing. It argues that Modjeska‟s oeuvre
Ulla Rahbek
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