Understanding pragmatic markers a variational pragmatic approach.

The multifunctionality of pragmatic markers makes it difficult to describe their meaning and functional potential. By taking a broad perspective on markers, classifying them, describing their class-specific properties and analysing individual markers, Karin Aijmer assesses whether generalisations ca...

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Main Author: Aijmer, Karin
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2013
Edition:1
Subjects:
Discourse markers
English language
English language > Discourse analysis
Language & Linguistics
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics
Pragmatics
Studier av enskilda språk
Studies of Specific Languages
Language & Linguistics
ISBN:9780748635504, 0748635505, 9780748635498, 0748635491
Online Access:Get full text
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Summary:The multifunctionality of pragmatic markers makes it difficult to describe their meaning and functional potential. By taking a broad perspective on markers, classifying them, describing their class-specific properties and analysing individual markers, Karin Aijmer assesses whether generalisations can be made about the prosody of the markers.
Bibliography:Includes indexes
Bibliography: p. [150]-157
ISBN:9780748635504
0748635505
9780748635498
0748635491
DOI:10.1515/9780748635511