ENGLISH DISCOURSE MARKERS AS COHESIVE SENTENCE AND DISCOURSE FILLERS
ENGLISH DISCOURSE MARKERS AS COHESIVE SENTENCE AND DISCOURSE FILLERS
Author(s): Brankica BojovićSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax, Semantics
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: English discourse markers; discourse and sentence fillers; functions; semantic structures; syntactic structures;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is made on the basis of a corpus of spoken modern English in conversation used in Semantics and Grammar lectures that I had with my students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Different linguistic interpretations are made on linguistic and interpersonal contexts. In the first part of the paper the speaker’s attitude toward what he/she is saying is analyzed, as well as the very important function of discourse fillers in various registers. In the second part of the paper the reader is familiarized with the key functions of sentence and discourse markers. In the third part the frame functions of these cohesive devices in spoken English are explained in detail. All of these are listed and illustrated with sentences and semantic and syntactic structures.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 103-113
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English