Discourse markers in writing

Bibliographic Data

ID5965166
AuthorsJean E Fox Tree (0000-0002-5407-5935, University of California, Santa Cruz, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume17
Issue1
Pages64-82
Publication date2015-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445614557758
OpenAlexW2145543235
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited44

Words like well, oh, and you know have long been observed and studied in spontaneous speech. With the proliferation of on-line dialogues, such as instant messaging between friends or back-and-forth postings at websites, there are increasing opportunities to observe them in spontaneous writing. In Experiment 1, the interpretation of discourse markers in on-line debates was compared to proposed functions of those markers identified in other settings. In Experiment 2, the use of discourse markers in spontaneous speech was compared to their uses in spontaneous writing. Results support the conclusion that although they vary in frequency in spoken versus written domains, discourse markers are used similarly across domains, but with particular communicative functions that make them non-interchangeable

Discourse analysis · Discourse marker · Instant messaging · Linguistics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems

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