Dinamics of Colloquial Language – English Discourse Markers online
Dinamics of Colloquial Language – English Discourse Markers online

Summary/Abstract: Colloquial language is very permissive when it comes to not following a specific set of rules. This fact represents the result of colloquial language mainly having an oral character. Thus, even borrowing and using foreign words in different contexts become more frequent. In most cases, speakers use borrowed phrases, expressions and even discourse markers from English in order to save time and to diminish the effort during the speech act. Some of the borrowings reveal themselves as being easier to use or being more on point than the correspondents in Romanian. Besides that, the Internet has had a great influence on Romanian colloquial language these past years, offering the speakers an easier access to content in English, which helps them acquire new skills. Social media also helps people to connect, to find shared values and beliefs and to freely express themselves. Due to social media promoting an informal environment for communication, discourse markers also occur, especially during videos, for example, on TikTok. Discourse markers encapsulate both a pragmatic and a sociolinguistic role, helping the speaker not only to revise his/her discourse, but also to connect to the listener through a shared linguistic behavior. Through this study, I intend to provide an analysis of English discourse markers on TikTok, emphasizing their role in the discourse.

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