An Analysis of Discourse Markers in Football commentaries
Journal Title: Scholars Bulletin - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
Abstract:The importance of discourse markers lies in the theoretical questions they raise about the nature of discourse and the relationship between linguistic meaning and context. Schiffrin described discourse markers as sequentially dependent elements which bracket units of talk and Blakemore as signals of procedural meaning. This paper examined these positions as regards the use of discourse markers in football commentaries. Drawing from a corpus data of televised football commentaries comprising of African and English football commentaries, it was discovered that the discourse markers go beyond the provision of cohesive relations and possess a core meaning which aids in utterance interpretation. This paper ultimately emphasizes the necessity of inference in understanding any discourse and concludes that pragmatic inferred meaning is essential for communication. Keywords: Discourse markers, football commentaries, cohesive relations, core meaning, inference, procedural meaning.
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Aworo-Okoroh Joy Oghogho
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