discourse marker
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈdɪs.kɔːs ˌmɑː.kər/us/ˈdɪs.kɔːrs ˌmɑːr.kɚ/a word or phrase that is used fororganizingdiscourse(=spokenor writtencommunication), forexamplewell,so, orinfact:
话语标记Manyspeakersuse "youknow" as adiscoursemarker.很多人说话的时候用 "你知道 "，这就是一个话语标记。
- Hisstyleisfullofchattydiscoursemarkers(for astart,touchwood, in anyevent,possibly).
- Utterances such as venga ("come"), mira ("look") and oye ("listen") aretypicallyused asdiscoursemarkersinSpanish.
- Discoursemarkerssuch as "well", "youknow", and "like" are not usuallyexplicitlytaughttolanguagelearners.
- In her corpus-basedresearchon the phrase "Ithink" in AmericanEnglish, shefindsthat it oftenservesstrictlyas adiscoursemarker, with norealsemanticcontent.
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