Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.

Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.

"> [PDF] The Impact of Discourse Markers on Conversational Coherence | [PDF] The Impact of Discourse Markers on Conversational Coherence Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.

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Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.

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The Impact of Discourse Markers on Conversational Coherence

Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.
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discourse, discourse markers, conversational coherence, spoken discourse, utterance meaning

The Impact of Discourse Markers on Conversational Coherence

Abstract People use languages for different reasons to express their needs, to convey their opinions and to share their feelings. When communicating with someone, the conversation should flow smoothly. Hence, discourse markers acting as linking devices help the listener grasp the meaning without so much effort. When used, these discourse markers create a successful coherence in conversation. In the study, after introducing the discourse markers, their features, aspects, functions and properties are examined. As we live in a society, we have to rely on language for several reasons. To express these reasons, discourse markers are mostly encountered especially in spoken language. They have no syntactic function and even though they do not affect the overall meaning of the sentence they do give significant clues to the listener about the attitude of the speaker. The same discourse marker can be used in various positions in a sentence and it may have a different function. It may start a discourse, change the topic, end a discourse, express a response, bracket a response and specify a boundary in discourse. Furthermore, the linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the occurrence of discourse markers are also considered in the study.
Keywords:

discourse, discourse markers, conversational coherence, spoken discourse, utterance meaning,

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