Chapter 5. Portraying the category of discourse markers

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Chapter 5
Portraying the category of discourse markers

Published online: 1 March 2018

Article outline

5.1 Distribution across languages and registers
- 5.1.1General frequency
- 5.1.2 The status of tag questions
- 5.1.3Register variation
- 5.1.4A greater effect of register over language?
- 5.1.5DM expressions in contrast
- 5.1.6Diversity hypothesis
5.2Position of DMs: Initiality in question
- 5.2.1Clause-initial DMs
- 5.2.2Utterance-initial DMs
- 5.2.3Turn-initial DMs
- 5.2.4Non-initial DMs
  - 5.2.4.1 Typical patterns
  - 5.2.4.2 Utterance-final DMs: Formal variation
  - 5.2.4.3 Clause-medial DMs: Potential disfluency?
  - 5.2.4.4The case of hedges
- 5.2.5Interim summary on position
5.3Domains and functions: Frequency and diversity
- 5.3.1 Single domains
  - 5.3.1.1Domains across languages
  - 5.3.1.2Domains across registers
  - 5.3.1.3Domain-specific DMs
- 5.3.2Single functions
  - 5.3.2.1Functions across languages
  - 5.3.2.2Functions across registers
  - 5.3.2.3Functional diversity
- 5.3.3Double domains and functions
5.4 Integrating syntax and pragmatics
5.5 Co-occurrence of DMs
- 5.5.1Co-occurrence across languages and registers
- 5.5.2Co-occurrence across positions
- 5.5.3Integrated statistical model of co-occurrence
5.6Summary
5.7Interim discussion: The potential of bottom-up research
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