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Dajko, Nathalie and Katie Carmichael. 2014. But qui c'est la différence? Discourse markers in Louisiana French: The case of but vs. Mais. Language in Society 43 (2) : 159–183.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | code-switching | discourse marker | identity negotiation | language contact

Language as a subject

English, American | French, Louisiana

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Exploring the role of the English discourse marker but (and its French pendant mais) in Louisiana French, this paper argues that discourse markers can hold social meaning and be the locus of identity construction as much as they are the locus of text organization.