The Uses of the Discourse Markers ‘well’, ’you know’ and ‘I mean’ in News Interviews

The Uses of the Discourse Markers ‘well’, ’you know’ and ‘I mean’ in News Interviews

This study is about the use of three Discourse Markers (henceforth DMs) in news interviews. It is an attempt to demonstrate how well, you know and I mean are employed in news interviews. It also shows what participants accomplish using the DMs as rhetorical devices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rangraz, Masood
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för språk och kultur 2014
Subjects:
Conversation Analysis
Discourse Markers
News Interview
Interactive Sociolinguistics
Multimodality
Prosody
General Language Studies and Linguistics
Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-108824
Description
Summary:This study is about the use of three Discourse Markers (henceforth DMs) in news interviews. It is an attempt to demonstrate how well, you know and I mean are employed in news interviews. It also shows what participants accomplish using the DMs as rhetorical devices.

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