Discourse Markers in NS/NNS English Discourse

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Discourse Markers in Native and Non-native English Discourse

Simone Müller
Justus Liebig University

Benjamins, 2005. ix, 282 pp. + index

HB: USD 138

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 nonnative
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 nonnative
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.

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I find it interesting that the book deals with four discourse
markers (so, well, you know and like) and it costs US$138!

[soniaxiao]

Tell me about it! The book price here is sooooo ridiculous. I mean...who do they think would buy these books? people from Wall Street?

[yhwt_8365]

终于找到这个方面的专著了，谢谢大家了

[yhwt_8365]

my god！138￥

[xujiajin]

I had a quick look at the book, which only deal withs the discourse markers in speech. Most Chinese L2 learner's discourse marker research is on written English.

[xujiajin]

The whole book can be read on line for free.

http://site.ebrary.com/pub/benjamins/

search the title to locate the book and then install the ebrary reader to view the pages.

[清风出袖]

Thanks a lot!