East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. Schiffrin (1987) [1] is the earliest scholar to conduct systematic research on discourse markers. She believes that “the sequential ...

ABSTRACT: This paper seeks to investigate discourse markers in Dagbani, a Mabia language spoken in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study aims at identifying the Dagbani discourse markers by drawing ...

MOST conversations in speaking or writing contexts are usually prefaced with discourse markers. Why is this fitting, and why are discourse markers inevitable in communication? This article discusses ...

DiPVaC4 is pleased to welcome as plenary speakers Professor Yael Maschler, Professor Terttu Nevalainen, Dr. Heike Pichler, and Professor Jan-Ola Östman. Prof. Yael Maschler Professor Yael Maschler is ...

Scientists are investigating something they call the "not face" — and they think it may provide clues as to how human language first developed. The study, published Monday in the journal Cognition, ...