Aspects of discourse marker sequencing
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Arne Lohmann
Abstract
In research on Discourse Markers (DMs) it has long been noted that DMs frequently occur in sequences, e.g., oh well or you know I mean. Despite the ubiquity of this phenomenon and occasional citations of examples in studies on individual DMs, the combinatory behavior of DMs has received only limited attention as a theoretically relevant phenomenon in its own right. This chapter provides an overview of the phenomenon that synthesizes the results of prior research, complemented with new analyses of our own. We separately address two different aspects of DM sequencing. The first is the question of co-occurrence of DMs, that is, which DMs combine frequently with one another. The second aspect concerns the ordering of DMs when occurring in sequence. In discussing the results of empirical studies of both of these aspects we outline what research on DMs and the structure of the clause periphery stands to gain from studying DM sequences.
Abstract
In research on Discourse Markers (DMs) it has long been noted that DMs frequently occur in sequences, e.g., oh well or you know I mean. Despite the ubiquity of this phenomenon and occasional citations of examples in studies on individual DMs, the combinatory behavior of DMs has received only limited attention as a theoretically relevant phenomenon in its own right. This chapter provides an overview of the phenomenon that synthesizes the results of prior research, complemented with new analyses of our own. We separately address two different aspects of DM sequencing. The first is the question of co-occurrence of DMs, that is, which DMs combine frequently with one another. The second aspect concerns the ordering of DMs when occurring in sequence. In discussing the results of empirical studies of both of these aspects we outline what research on DMs and the structure of the clause periphery stands to gain from studying DM sequences.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Extra-clausal constituents 1
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Part 1. The multifunctionality of ECCs
- Pragmatic markers as constructions. The case of anyway 29
- The (the) fact is (that) construction in English and Dutch 59
- Planning what to say 97
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Part 2. The diachronic development of ECCs
- Mirativity and rhetorical structure 125
- From clause to adverb 157
- Towards a unified constructional characterisation of the nonfinite periphery 177
- Left-dislocated strings in Modern English epistolary prose 203
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Part 3. ECCs in bilingual settings
- Extra-clausal constituents and language contact 243
- The role of extra-clausal constituents in bilingual speech 273
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Part 4. ECCs: a grammar of their own?
- The syntax of confirmationals 305
- On the grammatical status of insubordinate if-clauses 341
- Intensifying adverbs ‘outside the clause’ 379
- Aspects of discourse marker sequencing 417
- Index 447
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Extra-clausal constituents 1
-
Part 1. The multifunctionality of ECCs
- Pragmatic markers as constructions. The case of anyway 29
- The (the) fact is (that) construction in English and Dutch 59
- Planning what to say 97
-
Part 2. The diachronic development of ECCs
- Mirativity and rhetorical structure 125
- From clause to adverb 157
- Towards a unified constructional characterisation of the nonfinite periphery 177
- Left-dislocated strings in Modern English epistolary prose 203
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Part 3. ECCs in bilingual settings
- Extra-clausal constituents and language contact 243
- The role of extra-clausal constituents in bilingual speech 273
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Part 4. ECCs: a grammar of their own?
- The syntax of confirmationals 305
- On the grammatical status of insubordinate if-clauses 341
- Intensifying adverbs ‘outside the clause’ 379
- Aspects of discourse marker sequencing 417
- Index 447
