discourse markers

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• discourse marker — discourse ,marker noun count LINGUISTICS a word used in conversation, for showing a change in the way the conversation is developing or showing the other speaker how you are reacting to what they are saying. Typical discourse markers include well …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Discourse marker — In linguistics, a discourse marker is a word or phrase that is relatively syntax independent and does not change the meaning of the sentence, and has a somewhat empty meaning.[1] Examples of discourse markers include the particles oh , well , now …   Wikipedia

• discourse marker — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms discourse marker : singular discourse marker plural discourse markers linguistics 1) a word that is used for showing a change in the way the conversation is developing or for showing the other speaker how you… …   English dictionary

• discourse marker — noun a word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling …   Wiktionary

• Discourse topic — A discourse topic, often referred to simply as “topic,” is defined as the central participant or idea of a stretch of connected discourse or dialogue roughly speaking, what the discourse is about. The notion is often confused with the related… …   Wikipedia

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• Jean E. Fox Tree — CareerJean E. Fox Tree is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California Santa Cruz.Fox Tree studies collateral signals that people use in spontaneous speech, such as fillers (e.g. ‘you know’), prosodic information (e …   Wikipedia