Name: Common Discourse Particles in English Conversation (Rle: Discourse Analysis)
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Author: Lawrence C. Schourup
ISBN: 9781138224803

portada Common Discourse Particles in English Conversation (Rle: Discourse Analysis)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Routledge

Author

Lawrence C. Schourup

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

188

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781138224803

Edition No.

Synopsis "Common Discourse Particles in English Conversation (Rle: Discourse Analysis)"

First published in 1985, this book studies several common items in English conversation known variously as 'discourse particles', 'interjections', 'discourse markers', and, more informally, 'hesitations' or 'fillers'. While the analysis primarily focuses on 'like', 'well' and 'you know', the larger concern is the entire set of items of which these are members and as such 'I mean', 'now', 'oh', 'hey', and 'aha' are also examined. These discourse particles are analysed at length and then a framework is proposed in which their use individually makes sense and allows revealing comparisons to be made between them. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics