"discourse marker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: discourse markers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} discourse marker (plural discourse markers)
  1. (linguistics) 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. Wikipedia link: discourse marker Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: connective, filler, interjection Translations (word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse): diskurssimerkitsin (Finnish), Diskurspartikel [neuter] (German), Diskursmarker [masculine] (German), marcator de discurs [masculine] (Romanian)

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