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Discourse marker

A discourse marker is a word or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse. Since their main function is at the level of discourse (sequences of utterances) rather than at the level of utterances or sentences, discourse markers are relatively syntax-independent and usually do not change the truth conditional meaning of the…

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Usage in English

English languageLikeAdverbsPrepositional phrasesGrammaticalization
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YiddishModern HebrewGermanLatin
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WordPhraseDiscourseSyntaxTruth conditional meaning
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Discourse marker

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples34
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

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Discourse marker

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related to Further reading · 20
Discourse marker → Benjamin, Brown, But Me No Buts, Discourse Markers, Discourse-Markers Theory, Hansen, Hasidim, Language, Law, Light, Lingua, Maj-Britt Mosegaard, Mitnagdim, Numen, Pragmatics, Some Say That, Some Say This, The, The Theological Debate Between, Yad Malachi's Interpretation Rules
related to Examples in other languages · 6
Discourse marker → Another, German, Latin, Modern Hebrew, The French, Yiddish
related to Usage in English · 6
Discourse marker → Common, Discourse, English, Now, The, Traditionally
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Discourse marker → word or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse, Yiddish marker nu

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Important terminology

discourse markers marker word used indicate mean also speaker now interpersonal examples phrase function usually meaning different include oh well

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Discourse markeris aword or a phrase that plays a role in managing the flow and structure of discourse0.90text
Discourse markeris aYiddish marker nu0.90text
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesAnother0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesYiddish0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesModern Hebrew0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesGerman0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesLatin0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Examples in other languagesThe French0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Further readingHansen0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Further readingMaj-Britt Mosegaard0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Further readingThe0.60section
Discourse markerrelated to Further readingLingua0.60section

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