Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Heine, Bernd, 1939- editor.
KaltenboĢck, Gunther, editor.
Kuteva, Tania, 1958- editor.
Long, Haiping, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9781108833851
1108833853
9781108987288
1108987281
9781108982856
9781108996518 (PDF ebook)
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Summary: | "Discourse markers constitute an important part of linguistic communication, and research on this phenomenon has been a thriving field of study over the past three decades. However, a problem that has plagued this research is that these markers exhibit a number of structural characteristics that are hard to interpret based on existing methodologies, such as grammaticalization. This study argues that it is possible to explain such characteristics in a meaningful way. It presents a cross-linguistic survey of the development of discourse markers, their important role in communication, and their relation to the wider context of sociocultural behavior, with the goal of explaining their similarities and differences across a typologically wide range of languages. By giving a clear definition of discourse markers, it aims to provide a guide for future research, making it essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics, and anyone interested in exploring this fascinating linguistic phenomenon"--
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| Other form: | Online version: Rise of discourse markers Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108982856
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