Discourse Markers and conversational coherence： A comparative study of the English DM ＂well＂ and its Chinese counterparts  

作　　者：HAN Ge-ling DONG Juan XUE Lei-lei 

机构地区：[1]College of Foreign Languages, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China [2]Department of Foreign Language Teaching, Navy Submarine Academy, Shandong 266071, China

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2010年第3期1-8,共8页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper discusses the features and functions of Discourse Marker （DM）, focusing on their contribution to conversational coherence in the ongoing discourse. It is believed that coherence is a joint work by the speaker and hearer in conversational discourse, and that both of them cooperate to negotiate the meaning in discourse. Discourse Markers mainly function as organizational ties in speech production and as suggestive clues for the interpretation of the messages. The Discourse Marker ＂well＂ frequently appears in English conversations, and it has multiple functions in different speech events, which results in more-than-one equivalent Discourse Markers in Chinese. The specific function of Discourse Marker is context-dependant and coherence-oriented.

关 键 词：Discourse Marker pragmatic function discoursal coherence 

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