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discourse marker

discourse marker noun: a word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.

Noun

discourse marker (plural discourse markers)

  1. A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.

Forms of discourse marker

pluraldiscourse markers

Questions about discourse marker

What does discourse marker mean?
Discourse marker means a word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.
What part of speech is discourse marker?
Discourse marker is a noun.
What is the plural of discourse marker?
The plural of discourse marker is discourse markers.

Words near discourse marker in the dictionary

  1. discourse
  2. discourse analyses
  3. discourse analysis
  4. discourse analyst
  5. discourse analysts
  6. discourse marker
  7. discourse markers
  8. discoursed
  9. discourseless
  10. discourser
  11. discoursers

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