Discourse Markers and Beyond

Péter B. Furkó is Associate Professor in English Applied Linguistics and Vice Dean for Science and Research at the Department of English Linguistics at Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church, Hungary.

Chapter 1: Preliminary Issues: Category Membership, Methodology, Alternative Perspectives on Discourse Markers.- Chapter 2: Discourse Markers in Natural Conversations, Scripted Conversations and Political Interviews: Core and Peripheral Uses.- Chapter 3: Discourse Markers from a Critical Perspective: Some Theoretical Issues.- Chapter 4: Discourse Markers from a Critical Perspective: A Case Study of Discourse Markers in Parliamentary Speeches.- Chapter 5: The Use of Discourse Markers in Business English Textbooks: Issues in L2 Communicative Competence and Learners' Input.- Chapter 6: Discourse Markers in Scripted Discourse I- Issues of (Under)specification in the Translation of Reformulation Markers.- Chapter 7: Discourse Markers in Scripted Discourse II: The Representation and Translation of Irish English Stereotypes in Contemporary Cinematography.- Chapter 8: Discourse Markers and their Translation in Literary Discourse: A Case Study of Discourse-Pragmatic Devices in The Hobbit .- Chapter 9: The Use of Discourse Markers in Bible Translations.

"This book makes a valuable contribution for several reasons. It is written in a lucid and reader-friendly manner with well-structured chapters ... it would be eminently enlightening for students and scholars interested in studying DMs." (Reza Kazemian, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 164, 2020)

“This book makes a valuable contribution for several reasons. It is written in a lucid and reader-friendly manner with well-structured chapters … it would be eminently enlightening for students and scholars interested in studying DMs.” (Reza Kazemian, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 164, 2020)