Uses, Functions, and Frequency of Rom. păi and Engl. well in Professional Spoken Interaction
Uses, Functions, and Frequency of Rom. păi and Engl. well in Professional Spoken Interaction
Author(s): Cristina Andreea StanSubject(s): Pragmatics
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Romanian; English; professional spoken interaction; discourse markers; comparison; corpus linguistics; discourse strategies; statistics;
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the uses and functions of the Romanian discourse maker păi and the English well, based on two comparable corpora of professional spoken interaction, CIVMP and ITICMC, trying to point out their possible equivalence. We have analysed these two discourse markers in an attempt to see their uses and functions and to record in statistics the number of occurrences and the frequency of păi and well in this type of discourse. In addition, according to corpus analysis, it could be said that speakers seem to constantly adapt to the conditions imposed by the interactional, social, ideological, and cultural requirements of the context.
Journal: Analele Universităţii Bucureşti. Limba şi literatura română
- Issue Year: LXX/2021
- Issue No: 70
- Page Range: 97-110
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English, Romanian