Discourse markers in native and non-native English discourse / Simone Muller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Simone.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 138.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 138

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Discourse analysis.

English language.

English language--Spoken English.

English language--Connectives.

English language--Particles.

Discourse markers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While discourse markers have been examined in some detail, little is known about their usage by non-native speakers. This book provides valuable insights into the functions of four discourse markers (so, well, you know and like) in native and non-native English discourse, adding to both discourse marker literature and to studies in the pragmatics of learner language. It presents a thorough analysis on the basis of a substantial parallel corpus of spoken language. In this corpus, American students who are native speakers of English and German non-native speakers of English retell and discuss a silent movie. Each of the main chapters of the book is dedicated to one discourse marker, giving a detailed analysis of the functions this discourse marker fulfills in the corpus and a quantitative comparison between the two speaker groups. The book also develops a two-level model of discourse marker functions comprising a textual and an interactional level.

Contents:

Discourse Markers in Native and Non-native English Discourse

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

List of tables

List of figures

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

1.1. Discourse markers and second language acquisition

1.2. Discourse markers in the literature

1.2.1. Terminology

1.2.2. Properties of discourse markers

1.2.3. Functions of discourse markers

1.2.4. Material for analysis

1.2.5. Core meaning vs. multiple functions

1.2.6. Native vs. non-native English

1.3. Second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and discourse markers

1.3.1. Second versus foreign language

1.3.2. Applied linguistics and SLA

1.3.3. Communicative competence

1.3.4. Research in interlanguage pragmatics

1.3.5. Speech acts and parallel corpora

1.3.6. Gambits

1.4. The present study

1.4.1. Basic assumption of the present study: Multifunctionality

1.4.2. Basic approach to data material: Corpus-driven or bottom-up

1.4.3. Selection and definition of discourse markers

1.4.4. Methodology

1.4.5. Discourse marker functions and levels of discourse

1.5. The Giessen-Long Beach Chaplin Corpus (GLBCC)

1.5.1. Purpose of the corpus

1.5.2. Experiment design

1.5.3. Transcription and intonation unit

1.6. The data

1.7. Influential factors for the use and distribution of discourse markers

1.7.1. Non-linguistic factors

1.7.2. Linguistic factors

1.8. The speakers

1.8.1. Native-nonnative pair distribution

1.8.2. Gender distribution

1.8.3. Age distribution

1.8.4. Relationship between speakers

1.8.5. Role distribution

1.8.6. The German speakers according to their acquisition and use of English

2. So

2.1. Functions of so in the literature

2.2. The functional categories of so in this study.

2.2.1. Non-discourse marker functions of so

2.2.2. Discourse marker functions of so

2.2.3. Summary of the functions of so

2.3. Quantitative results for so

2.3.1. Non-linguistic factors

2.3.2. Linguistic factors

2.3.3. Summary of the quantitative results for so

3. Well

3.1. Functions of well in the literature

3.2. The functional categories of well in this study

3.2.1. Non-discourse marker functions of well

3.2.2. Discourse marker functions of well

3.2.3. Summary of the functions of well

3.3. Quantitative results for well

3.3.1. Non-linguistic factors

3.3.2. Linguistic factors

3.3.3. Summary of the quantitative results for well

4. You know

4.1. Functions of you know in the literature

4.2. The functional categories of you know in this study

4.2.1. Non-discourse marker function of you know

4.2.2. Discourse marker functions of you know

4.2.3. Summary of the discourse marker functions of you know

4.3. Quantitative results for you know

4.3.1. Non-linguistic factors

4.3.2. Linguistic factors

4.3.3. Summary of the quantitative results for you know

5. Like

5.1. Functions of like in the literature

5.2. The functional categories of like in this study

5.2.1. Non-discourse marker, non-quotative like

5.2.2. Discourse marker functions of like

5.2.3. Like - a textual discourse marker

5.2.4. Quotative like

5.2.5. Unclassified instances

5.3. Quantitative results for like

5.3.1. Non-linguistic factors

5.3.2. Linguistic factors

5.3.3. Summary of the quantitative results for like

6. Conclusion

Notes

References

Appendix 1. Summary of the movie

Appendix 2.1. Questionnaire used in Long Beach

Appendix 2.2. Questionnaire used in Giessen

Appendix 3. Transcription symbols

Author index

Subject index

The Pragmatics &amp.

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Justus-Liebig University, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156250

9781282156258

128215625X

9789027293961

9027293961

OCLC:

191953254