The rise of discourse markers / Bernd Heine, Gunther Kaltenböck, Tania Kuteva, Haiping Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heine, Bernd, 1939- author.

Kaltenböck Gunther, author.

Kuteva, Tania, 1958- author.

Long, Haiping, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse markers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Discourse markers constitute an important part of linguistic communication, and research on this phenomenon has been a thriving field of study over the past three decades. However, a problem that has plagued this research is that these markers exhibit a number of structural characteristics that are hard to interpret based on existing methodologies, such as grammaticalization. This study argues that it is possible to explain such characteristics in a meaningful way. It presents a cross-linguistic survey of the development of discourse markers, their important role in communication, and their relation to the wider context of sociocultural behaviour, with the goal of explaining their similarities and differences across a typologically wide range of languages. By giving a clear definition of discourse markers, it aims to provide a guide for future research, making it essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics, and anyone interested in exploring this fascinating linguistic phenomenon.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1 The Development of Discourse Markers: An Introduction

1.1 Discourse Markers

1.1.1 Introduction

1.1.2 A Definition

1.1.3 The Present Volume

1.2 Previous Research

1.2.1 Grammaticalization

1.2.1.1 The ''All-Grammaticalization'' Hypothesis

1.2.1.2 Specific Hypotheses

1.2.2 Pragmaticalization

1.2.3 Lexicalization

1.2.4 Cooptation

1.2.5 Constructionalization

1.2.6 Other Lines of Research

1.3 Concepts and Questions

1.3.1 General Observations

1.3.2 On Re-defining Grammaticalization

1.3.2.1 Problematic Features

Scope

Disjunction

1.3.2.2 Reduction versus Expansion

1.3.3 Do Discourse Markers Belong to Grammar?

1.4 Problems

1.4.1 From Meaning As Part of the Sentence to Meaning outside the Sentence

1.4.2 From Sentence Grammar Function to Metatextual Function

1.4.3 From Syntactic Constituent of the Sentence to Syntactically Unattached Status

1.4.4 From Prosodically Integrated to Unintegrated or Less Integrated Status

1.4.5 From More Restricted Semantic-Pragmatic Scope to Variable Scope beyond the Sentence

1.4.6 From Positionally Constrained to Less Constrained Placement

1.5 Conclusions

2 Concepts of Analysis

2.1 The Framework

2.2 Grammaticalization

2.2.1 Definition

2.2.2 Criteria

2.3 Cooptation

2.3.1 Definition

2.3.2 Reconstructing Cooptation

2.4 Discourse Grammar and the Role of Theticals

2.5 Grammaticalization versus Cooptation

2.5.1 The ''Decategorialization Paradox''

2.5.2 Kinds and Degrees of Grammaticalization

2.5.2.1 Early versus Late Grammaticalization

2.5.2.2 Weakly Grammaticalized Discourse Markers and ''Conjuncts''.

2.5.3 Some Effects of Cooptation on the Grammatical Status of DMs

2.5.4 Grammaticalization without Cooptation

2.6 Conclusions

3 English Discourse Markers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Case Studies

3.2.1 English After all

3.2.2 English Anyway

3.2.3 English I mean

3.2.4 English If you like

3.2.5 English If you will

3.2.6 English Instead

3.2.7 English Like

3.2.8 English No doubt

3.2.9 English Right

3.2.10 English So to speak/So to say

3.2.11 English Well

3.2.12 English What else

3.3 Problems of Reconstruction: Gradual Change and Intermediate Stages

3.4 Discussion

4 French Discourse Markers

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Case Studies

4.2.1 French À la rigueur

4.2.2 French À propos and À ce propos

4.2.3 French Alors

4.2.4 French En fait and Au fait

4.2.4.1 En fait

4.2.4.2 Au fait

4.2.5 French Enfin

4.3 Discussion

5 Japanese Discourse Markers

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Case studies

5.2.1 Japanese Dakedo

5.2.2 Japanese Demo

5.2.3 Japanese Douride

5.2.4 Japanese Ga

5.2.5 Japanese Jijitsu ''In Fact''

5.2.6 Japanese Na

5.2.7 Japanese Sate

5.2.8 Japanese Wake

5.3 Discussion

6 Korean Discourse Markers

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Case Studies

6.2.1 Korean Icey

6.2.2 Korean Makilay

6.2.3 Korean Maliya

6.2.4 Korean Tul

6.3 Discussion

7 Discourse Markers in Language Contact

7.1 Borrowing versus Contact-Induced Replication

7.2 Borrowing: An Overview

7.3 Functions: The Situation of Discourse

7.3.1 Formal Linguistic Factors

7.3.2 Text Organization

7.3.3 Attitudes of the Speaker

7.3.4 Speaker-Hearer Interaction

7.3.5 An Interlocking System

7.4 Borrowing and the Areal Dimension: Arabic Yaa'ni

7.5 Conclusions

8 Discussion

8.1 Dual Process Models

8.2 What Serves As the Input of Cooptation?.

8.2.1 What Motivates the Rise of DMs?

8.2.2 The Expressions Coopted

8.2.3 Possible Constraints

8.3 Constituent Anchored Discourse Markers

8.4 Imperative-based Discourse Markers

8.5 Fillers

9 Conclusions

References

Language Index

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-99588-8

1-108-99651-5

1-108-98285-9

OCLC:

1248599246