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Publication details [#51026]

Fraser, Bruce. 2009. Topic Orientation Markers. Journal of Pragmatics 41 (5) : 892–898.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

This article explores the four uses of topic orientation markers, a type of pragmatic markers, namely new topic introduction; continuation with or digression from the present topic; and return to a prior topic. It also examines how they combine with attention markers.