What Can Discourse Markers Tell Us about Genres and Vice Versa? A Corpus-Driven Study of French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB)

Bibliographic Data

ID6159059
AuthorsSílvia Gabarró-López (0000-0003-2918-108X, Stockholm University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume60
Issue60
Publication date2019-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLidil (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1146-6480 • E-ISSN: 1960-6052
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/lidil.6768
OpenAlexW2983885168
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited7

This paper focuses on the use of three discourse markers – namely list buoys, PALM-UP and SAME – across genres in French Belgian Sign Language. Our sample contains argumentative, explanatory, metalinguistic and narrative dialogues produced by six signers. We present a functional description of the three discourse markers and their distribution across genres. PALM-UP and SAME are highly polyfunctional, whereas list buoys express fewer functions in the dataset. In our sample, there are few differences in frequency of use of the three discourse markers and their functions across genres

Argumentative · Discourse marker · Linguistics · Narrative · Sample (material · Sign (mathematics · Sign language · Versa · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Philosophy

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