ἔγραψέ μοι γάρ ... τὰ νῦν οὖν γράφω σοι. οὖν and γάρ as inferential and elaborative discourse markers in Greek papyrus letters (I – IV AD) [PDF]
, 2016 I analyse the use of the particles οὖν and γάρ in a corpus of documentary texts ranging from the first to the fourth century AD. I attempt to answer three main research questions: (i) with what frequency are οὖν and γάρ used; was one of these particles ...
Bentein, Klaas
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ELLIPSIS AS A MARKER OF INTERACTION IN SPOKEN DISCOURSE [PDF]
, 2013 In this article, we discuss strategies for interaction in spoken discourse, focusing on ellipsis phenomena in English. The data comes from the VOICE corpus of English as a Lingua Franca, and we analyse education data in the form of seminar and workshop ...
Chun +64 more
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Cancellative discourse markers [PDF]
Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA), 2022 3 Although neither Quirk et al. (1985) nor Halliday and Hasan (1976) use the term discourse markers, I take it as non-controversial that, for the most part, the lexical items they discuss may fairly be described as discourse markers. Whereas Quirk et al.
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Discourse Markers and Modal Expressions in Speakers with and without Asperger Syndrome: A Pragmatic-Perceptive Approach [PDF]
, 2014 From a theoretical point of view, this paper offers a new framework for the analysis of discourse markers: a pragmatic-perceptive model that emphasizes the point of the communication process in which such particles become more relevant. Furthermore, this
Muñoz, Francisco J. Rodríguez
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The modal particle ma 嘛: theoretical frames, analysis and interpretive perspectives [PDF]
, 2017 This article sets out to provide a semantic and pragmatic account of the modal particle ma 嘛, endeavouring to put into light new aspects in its function which, at present, remain widely unexplored in the literature.
Lepadat, Carmen
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Towards a constructional approach to discourse-level phenomena : the case of the Spanish interpersonal epistemic stance construction [PDF]
, 2018 This study contributes to a better understanding of how constructional models can be applied to discourse-level phenomena, and constitute a valuable complementation to previous grammaticalization accounts of pragmatic markers.
Enghels, Renata
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‘So people know I'm a Sikh’: Narratives of Sikh masculinities in contemporary Britain [PDF]
, 2014 This article examines British-born Sikh men's identification to Sikhism. In particular, it focuses on the appropriation and use of Sikh symbols amongst men who define themselves as Sikh. This article suggests that whilst there are multiple ways of ‘being’
Ballantyne T. +4 more
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Parenthetical 'I say (you)' in Late Medieval Greek vernacular: a message structuring discourse marker rather than a message conveying verb [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, I argue that the first-person singular of the "ordinary" verb lambda epsilon gamma omega/lambda alpha lambda(omega) over tilde ('I say') in the thirteenth-to fourteenth-century political verse narratives Chronicle of Morea and War of Troy ...
Soltic, Jorie
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Ini Apel Ni Nya ‘This Here Apple Now' Deictics in the Malay Speech of Southwest Malukan Migrants in the Netherlands1 [PDF]
, 2008 Dialek Melayu yang dipakai para pendatang asal Maluku Selatan di Belanda inimemperlihatkan rangkaian demonstrativa dan endofora yang tidak ditemukandalam bahasa Indonesia baku.
Engelenhoven, A. V. (Aone)
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Linking Discourse Marker Inventories
, 2021 The paper describes the first comprehensive edition of machine-readable discourse marker lexicons. Discourse markers such as and, because, but, though or thereafter are essential communicative signals in human conversation, as they indicate how an utterance relates to its communicative context.
Chiarcos, Christian, Ionov, Maxim
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