The Discourse Functions of and in the Australian Students’ Presentations
And is generally known as a connector which relates parallel information or ideas. In the discourse contexts, and is used differently. This article presents the discourse functions of and as a discourse marker in the presentations made by Australian students in academic settings. It was identified t...
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Universitas Negeri Padang
2008-12-01
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| description | And is generally known as a connector which relates parallel information or ideas. In the discourse contexts, and is used differently. This article presents the discourse functions of and as a discourse marker in the presentations made by Australian students in academic settings. It was identified that and has four different discourse functions: i) linking events within a discourse topic; ii) introducing a new topic; iii) signalling a summary; and iv) signalling a speaker’s retaking a turn. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24a2fb07e7ab4735bda3c81dd207b7a72022-12-22T00:44:33ZengUniversitas Negeri PadangLingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa1979-04572541-00752008-12-0121404710.24036/ld.v2i1.73596298The Discourse Functions of and in the Australian Students’ PresentationsRusdi Rusdi0Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris FBSS Universitas Negeri PadangAnd is generally known as a connector which relates parallel information or ideas. In the discourse contexts, and is used differently. This article presents the discourse functions of and as a discourse marker in the presentations made by Australian students in academic settings. It was identified that and has four different discourse functions: i) linking events within a discourse topic; ii) introducing a new topic; iii) signalling a summary; and iv) signalling a speaker’s retaking a turn.http://ejournal.unp.ac.id/index.php/linguadidaktika/article/view/7359Discourse Function, Australian Students Presentation |
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