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Discourse Markers across Speakers and Settings
Author(s) -
Fox Tree Jean E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
language and linguistics compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 44
ISSN - 1749-818X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-818x.2010.00195.x
Subject(s) - conversation , linguistics , discourse marker , class (philosophy) , tracking (education) , psychology , function (biology) , computer science , communication , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , biology , philosophy , evolutionary biology
Viewing discourse markers as one of a class of signals that communicators use to manage conversation can help make sense of the varied and contradictory functions ascribed to them. Issues for further testing include demonstrating that speakers and listeners ascribe particular functions to particular markers, tracking the development of these functions as children age, tracking how these functions are adopted by second language learners, and documenting how discourse marker use changes across technological settings.