REPAIR AND REFORMULATION FUNCTIONS OF DISCOURSE MARKERS IN FICTIONAL SPEECH
Keywords:
discourse, discourse marker, pragmatic marker, spoken discourse.Abstract
This work focuses on the question of how discourse markers like I mean, that is, and rather serve as means of repair and reformulation in fictional dialogue. The use of these phrases allows speakers to adjust meaning, explain their thought process, clarify previous meaning, clear up, correct or restructure the order in conversation. Although these phrases are usually used for conversational uses and spoken ideas, they can also be found in literary dialogue, often serving as aids to a sense of realism, and as reflections of the way the character is thinking. The analysis also brings to light pragmatic and stylistic function of such markers and the ways in which repair and reformulation within fiction work to improve textual coherence, develop characterizations, and fashion a sense of what real communication means.
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