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Pragmatic Classification of Discourse Marker Well

Author: WangYiFei
Tutor: ZhuXiuZhi
School: Northeast Forestry University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Discourse Markers well Pragmatic Functions Courtesy function
CLC: H313
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

Discourse marker as a representation of the coherent relationship between language means, often speak speech or text used to contact the current state of discourse and its follow-up unit. Discourse marker since the 1970s, has become the focus of the research of scholars at home and abroad, especially in the last decade, with the pragmatic development of the science, the research in this field has developed very quickly. Although so far have not formed a unified definition of discourse marker, but in recent years, scholars have tended to discourse markers as a session and play a certain pragmatic functions of language phenomena. The basis of conventional discourse marker research scholars are given a different classification framework, resulting in research at home and abroad, there is no uniform criteria for the classification. Although many scholars coherent theory of syntactic / semantic - pragmatic and associated three discourse marker for detailed study, but few of us in different contexts of discourse marker expression of the phenomenon of a different significance to give a reasonable explanation, as well as How can maximize eliminate the surviving blank discourse marker ambiguity in the current study. This paper attempts to Halliday's social semiotic theory of discourse marker the pragmatic functions explain the language well, and combined with the concept of context such as its binding function words such as well, which is one of the innovations of this paper. Secondly, based on the theory of the the Svartvik and Jucker two, scholars of discourse marker well research, explore, vell's Pragmatic classification, combined with Brown Levinson's face theory, well explore in depth the courtesy. In this paper, the U.S. drama \Corpus of 521 well, which notional accounting for 41, the remaining 480 are discourse markers. The of these discourse marker function well mainly reflected in two aspects: discourse function and interpersonal function. Discourse level, its function is mainly reflected in the introduction of new topics and guidance, then wheel conversion; interpersonal function mainly well courtesy function, that is, to reduce and avoid disagreement reject the request such acts may be the face of the hearer with to damage. Well reflect the use of nuances, which the two categories of discourse, interpersonal and further refined into ranging number subcategorization, fully embodies the study detailed. This article is another innovation lies in the combination of the the face theory of courtesy function of the discourse marker well to do a comprehensive and detailed analysis, a well detailed classification of both positive politeness and negative politeness corpus. Three non-language Finally, the author in respect of cross-cultural communication, common factors: gender, age, and the role of the communicator, the system of data analysis, summarizes draw well interpersonal function of these factors, combined corpus exploration its role and influence in the actual oral communication, draw a universal law, to better ensure the successful completion of oral communication, this is also the bold attempt. In summary, this article is on the basis of the previous theoretical results, under the framework of the contextual concept, exploring the theoretical framework of discourse marker well, and further detailed breakdown of its pragmatic function, focusing explore their courtesy in interpersonal AC role.

Pragmatic Classification of Discourse Marker Well

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