discourse marker

English

Noun

discourse marker (plural discourse markers)

(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.

Usage notes

Common discourse markers used in the English language include "you know", "or whatever", "actually", "basically", "like", "I mean" and "OK".

Translations

word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse

Finnish: diskurssimerkitsin

See also

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