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Pages: 315
Authors: Karin Aijmer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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There are few aspects of language which are more problematic than its discourse particles. The present study of discourse particles draws upon data from the Lon
Approaches to Discourse Particles
Language: en
Pages: 498
Authors: Kerstin Fischer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

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Discourse particles fulfil many different functions; they contribute to text structuring, dialogue management, turn-taking, and politeness. This reference prese
The Function of Discourse Particles
Language: en
Pages: 431
Authors: Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-03-15 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This monograph aims to contribute to linguistic knowledge about the distribution and function of discourse particles, particularly with respect to a small group
Discourse Particles
Language: en
Pages: 347
Authors: Werner Abraham
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This book is about particles in the narrower sense of the word as opposed to the broader meaning covering all uninflected words of a language. In the narrower m
Discourse Markers
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Deborah Schiffrin
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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 co