discourse marker
English
Noun
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- (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#DISCOURSEMARKER) A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.
Usage notes
- Common discourse markers used in the English language include "you know", "well", "or whatever", "actually", "basically", "like", "I mean" and "OK".
- In various dialects of British English, most notably Multicultural London English, "innit" is used as the default discourse marker.
Translations
word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse
See also
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