Discourse-marker Definition

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(linguistics) A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.

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Singular:
discourse-marker
Plural:
discourse-markers

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