Publication detail

Now as a discourse marker

ZMRZLÁ, P.

Czech title

Now jako diskursní marker

English title

Now as a discourse marker

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

The chapter concerns the expression now used as a discourse marker and its occurrence in different contexts and contrasted with its adverbial meaning and use.

Czech abstract

Článek se zabývá použitím anglického výrazu "now" jako diskursního markeru v různých kontextech a funkcích v mluvené angličtině, posuzuje jeho výskyt a srovnává ho s adverbiálním použitím slova.

English abstract

The chapter concerns the expression now used as a discourse marker and its occurrence in different contexts and contrasted with its adverbial meaning and use.

Keywords in English

now; discourse marker; adverb; frame; topic opener; shift of topic; focus; delay device; comparison device

Released

01.12.2010

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-210-5376-2

Book

Interpretation of Meaning Across Discourses

Pages from–to

241–252

Pages count

260

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT89213,
  author="Petra {Zmrzlá},
  title="Now as a discourse marker",
  booktitle="Interpretation of Meaning Across Discourses",
  year="2010",
  month="December",
  pages="241--252",
  publisher="Masarykova univerzita",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-210-5376-2"
}