Is “Back to my Point” a Pragmatic Marker? An Inquiry into the Historical Development of some Metatextual Discourse Management Markers in English
Discourse management markers (DMMs) that “signal a meta-comment on the structure of the discourse” (Fraser 2009) are widely attested in historical data. Most discourse management markers (e.g. <em>and</em>, <em>anyway</em>, <em>by the way</em>, <em>but</e...
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2020-12-01
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Series: | Catalan Journal of Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/307 |