This book explores the use of discourse markers - lexical items where drawing a distinction between propositional and non-propositional, syntactically-semantica

CONTENTS:01 Introduction02 Modeling Language Change with Constructional Networks03 Cyclic Phenomena in the Evolution of Pragmatic Markers. Examples from Romance

A collection of papers on discourse markers in different languages, presented at the fifth conference of the International Pragmatics Association, Me×ico, in t

Beyond Grammaticalization and Discourse Markers offers a comprehensive account of the most promising new directions in the field of grammaticalization. From maj

While discourse markers have been examined in some detail, little is known about their usage by non-native speakers. This book provides valuable insights into t