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

Discourse markers and modal particles are fuzzy linguistic categories that are difficult to describe. The contributions in this volume go beyond this statement.

"Metalanguage in Interaction" is about the crystallization of metalanguage employed throughout interaction into the discourse markers which permeate talk. Based

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

Beyond Grammaticalization and Discourse Markers offers a comprehensive account of the most promising new directions in the vast field of grammaticalization stud