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Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction; 2. The pragmatic marker well; 3. In fact and actually - a class of factuality markers; 4. General extenders; 5. Conclusion.

Understanding Pragmatic Markers

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 31/08/2013
      ISBN13: 9780748635504, 978-0748635504
      ISBN10: 0748635505
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      Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics

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      Book Synopsis
      Pragmatic markers are multifunctional and this can make it difficult to describe their meaning and potential. This book looks at pragmatic markers in a corpus of spoken English, with a focus on the functions performed by the markers in different types of text. It explores the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse aspects of the markers.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. The pragmatic marker well; 3. In fact and actually - a class of factuality markers; 4. General extenders; 5. Conclusion.

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