WELCOME to the last part of the series on discourse markers. This week, we will consider discourse markers – words that show the connection between what a speaker is saying and what has already been ...

Mind you is an example of an informal linking device used in spoken English to point out that what you are going to say as an afterthought contradicts what has already been said. Still can be used in ...

Russian Language Journal / Русский язык, Vol. 72, No. 1/2, Special Issue: Collaboration Beyond the Classroom: Undergraduate Research in Russian Language Studies (2022), pp. 127-150 (24 pages) Aijmer, ...

Pragmatic markers (PrMs) comprise a functional class of linguistic items that do not typically change the propositional meaning of an utterance but are essential for the organization and structuring ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper compares the Korean past tense marker -ess with another past form -essess (double past), the distinction between which has been ...

MOST conversations in speaking or writing contexts are usually prefaced with discourse markers. Why is this fitting, and why are discourse markers inevitable in communication? This article discusses ...