IN addition to the discourse markers discussed last week, there are several more to be pointed out this week. As earlier highlighted, discourse markers are words and expressions used to show how ...

Perhaps it is not surprising that inviting people to reconsider the merits of disliked speech features generates a bit of controversy. After all, we are nothing if not wedded to our firm beliefs about ...

Um, don’t you get, you know, annoyed by verbal clutter? Nothing sinks a public speaker quicker than an overdose of ums and uhs. Professional yakkers are expected to purge their speech of such lexical ...

DiPVaC4 is pleased to welcome as plenary speakers Professor Yael Maschler, Professor Terttu Nevalainen, Dr. Heike Pichler, and Professor Jan-Ola Östman. Prof. Yael Maschler Professor Yael Maschler is ...

The study of pragmatics and variation in English language use encompasses an examination of how context, speaker intention, and cultural nuances interact to shape communication. It addresses the ...

MOST conversations in speaking or writing contexts are usually prefaced with discourse markers. Why is this fitting, and why are discourse markers inevitable in communication? This article discusses ...