The Sequencing of Contrastive Discourse Markers in English
This paper examines an understudied area of pragmatic research, namely, the sequencing of Discourse Markers (DMs). Looking only at the sequencing of Contrastive Discourse Markers (CDMs), thereby excluding both Elaborative and Inferential Discourse Markers, it is shown that only “but” may occur as t...
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2011-11-01
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This paper examines an understudied area of pragmatic research, namely, the sequencing of Discourse Markers (DMs). Looking only at the sequencing of Contrastive Discourse Markers (CDMs), thereby excluding both Elaborative and Inferential Discourse Markers, it is shown that only “but” may occur as the first with all of the other CDMs, e.g., “But, on the other hand…,” with “yet” occurring first with a small subset. The rest of the CDMs are relegated to second place in a sequence with the exception of “however.” The sequencing of CDMs adds support to the claim that “but” has more than a single use, the evidence showing both a direct contrast use and a contradiction and elimination use, depending on which CDM it is paired with.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e983f748a1c4459fb3c04fe7f032b1c22022-12-22T04:38:52ZengUniversity of Latvia PressBaltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture1691-99712501-03952011-11-011The Sequencing of Contrastive Discourse Markers in EnglishBruce Fraser0University of Boston This paper examines an understudied area of pragmatic research, namely, the sequencing of Discourse Markers (DMs). Looking only at the sequencing of Contrastive Discourse Markers (CDMs), thereby excluding both Elaborative and Inferential Discourse Markers, it is shown that only “but” may occur as the first with all of the other CDMs, e.g., “But, on the other hand…,” with “yet” occurring first with a small subset. The rest of the CDMs are relegated to second place in a sequence with the exception of “however.” The sequencing of CDMs adds support to the claim that “but” has more than a single use, the evidence showing both a direct contrast use and a contradiction and elimination use, depending on which CDM it is paired with. https://journal.lu.lv/bjellc/article/view/302discourse markerscontrastive discourse markerssequence of discourse markers |
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