10. Discourse Markers
1. Introduction
The field to be covered in this article is very broad, as evidenced by the many different terms used for the items under consideration, for instance, pragmatic markers, discourse particles, discourse markers, discourse relation markers, discourse operators, conversational particles, discourse connectives or interjections, or more specifically, response tokens, feedback signals, continuers, change-of-state tokens, discourse structuring devices, etc. Many of these terms indicate a particular function, such as marking discourse relations or signalling feedback, yet, crucially, not the same function. The main question addressed in this chapter is thus whether all of these items constitute a single ...
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