Discourse markers in native and non-native English discourse /
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| Author / Creator: | Müller, Simone. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2005. |
| Description: | xviii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. v. 138 Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 138. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5813595 |
| Summary: | While discourse markers have been examined in some detail, little is known about their usage by non-native speakers. This book provides valuable insights into the functions of four discourse markers ( so, well, you know and like ) in native and non-native English discourse, adding to both discourse marker literature and to studies in the pragmatics of learner language. It presents a thorough analysis on the basis of a substantial parallel corpus of spoken language. In this corpus, American students who are native speakers of English and German non-native speakers of English retell and discuss a silent movie. Each of the main chapters of the book is dedicated to one discourse marker, giving a detailed analysis of the functions this discourse marker fulfills in the corpus and a quantitative comparison between the two speaker groups. The book also develops a two-level model of discourse marker functions comprising a textual and an interactional level. |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Justus-Liebig University, 2004. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-269) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9027253811 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |