Discourse Marker Sequencing and Grammaticalization

Bibliographic Data

ID19402076
AuthorsChristian Koops (0000-0001-8837-6464, University of Vienna), Arne Lohmann (0000-0002-5643-9819, University of Vienna)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue1
Pages108
Publication date2013-12-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-2946 • E-ISSN: 2377-1666
PublisherLinguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3765/bls.v39i1.3873
OpenAlexW2512578501
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:This paper deals with the grammatical properties of discourse markers (DMs), specifically their ordering preferences relative to one another. While the data presented here are synchronic, we approach the topic of DM sequencing from the perspective of grammaticalization. From this perspective, DMs can be understood as the result of a process in which elements serving other functions, for example grammatical functions at the level of sentential syntax, come to be conventionally used as markers of discourse-level relations, or what Schiffrin (1987: 31) operationally defined as “sequentially dependent elements which bracket units of talk.” Here we are concerned with the final outcome of this process. We ask: to what degree do fully formed DMs retain or lose the grammatical properties associated with their previous role, specifically their syntactic co-occurrence constraints? In other words, what degree of syntactic decategorialization (in the sense of Hopper 1991) do DMs display

Discourse marker · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Syntax · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access