Chapter 5.Portraying the category of discourse markers
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5.1Distribution across languages and registers
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5.1.1
General frequency
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5.1.2
The status of tag questions
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5.1.3
Register variation
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5.1.4
A greater effect of register over language?
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5.1.5
DM expressions in contrast
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5.1.6
Diversity hypothesis
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5.2Position of DMs: initiality in question
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5.2.1
Clause-initial DMs
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5.2.2
Utterance-initial DMs
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5.2.3
Turn-initial DMs
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5.2.4
Non-initial DMs
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5.2.5
Interim summary on position
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5.3Domains and functions: frequency and diversity
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5.3.1
Single domains
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5.3.2
Single functions
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5.3.3
Double domains and functions
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5.4Integrating syntax and pragmatics
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5.5Co-occurrence of DMs
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5.5.1
Co-occurrence across languages and registers
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5.5.2
Co-occurrence across positions
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5.5.3
Integrated statistical model of co-occurrence
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5.6Summary
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5.7Interim discussion: the potential of bottom-up research
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