Discourse Markers

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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. Dr Schiffrin's approach is firmly interdisciplinary, within linguistics and sociology, and her rigourous analysis clearly demonstrates that neither the markers, nor the discourse within which they function, can be understood from one point of view alone, but only as an integration of structural, semantic, pragmatic, and social factors. 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. It raises a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues important to discourse analysis - including the relationship between meaning and use, the role of qualitative and quantitative analyses - and the insights it offers will be of particular value to readers confronting the very substantial problems presented by the search for a model of discourse which is based on what people actually say, mean, and do with words in everyday social interaction.

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Sociolinguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Intonation and transcription conventions	p. ix
Background: What is discourse?	p. 1
Prelude to analysis: Definitions and data	p. 31
Questions: Why analyze discourse markers?	p. 49
Oh: Marker of information management	p. 73
Well: Marker of response	p. 102
Discourse connectives: and, but, or	p. 128
So and because: Markers of cause and result	p. 191
Temporal adverbs: now and then	p. 228
Information and participation: y'know and I mean	p. 267
Discourse markers: Contextual coordinates of talk	p. 312
Notes	p. 331
References	p. 342
Author index	p. 357
Subject index	p. 361
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