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In this book, Miriam Urgelles-Col examines the syntax and semantics of discourse markers. A discourse marker can loosely be defined as an item such as well or now , coming at the beginning of an utterance and marking a boundary between one part of spoken discourse and the next, signalling the start of a new section of the discourse. They perform important functions in conversation -- but defining discourse markers is problematic in itself. The syntactic approach employed in this book to describe discourse markers is Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) which is relevant in a theory of

Discourse markers. --- Head-driven phrase structure grammar. --- REFERENCE. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Discoursanalyse. --- Sociolinguïstiek. --- Vocabulary. --- Discourse markers --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Semantics --- Head-driven phrase structure grammar --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Syntax --- Reference. --- Language arts & disciplines --- Discourse analysis. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Discourse connectives --- Discourse particles --- Pragmatic markers --- Pragmatic particles --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Marqueurs discursifs --- Grammaire de constituants --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Semiotics --- Discourse analysis --- Pragmatics --- Lexicology. Semantics --- Grammar --- Semantics. --- Syntaxe --- Sémantique --- Analyse du discours --- Syntax. --- Sémantique. --- Marqueurs discursifs. --- Syntaxe. --- Grammaire de constituants. --- Analyse du discours. --- Sémantique.