If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?

If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?

The aim of this paper is to present the results of a corpus study of the discourse markers if you like and if you will. After a discussion of their status as discourse markers, the article focuses on the contexts where they can be found. It appears that these markers can only be used in medial and f...

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Main Author: Anissa Dahak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2014-10-01
Series:Anglophonia
Subjects:
discourse markers
re phrasing
if you like
if you will
gender
co-occurrence
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280
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spelling doaj-da711ce2761c4b1c82488f16ed958a9b2020-11-25T01:36:36ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiAnglophonia1278-33312427-04662014-10-011810.4000/anglophonia.280If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?Anissa DahakThe aim of this paper is to present the results of a corpus study of the discourse markers if you like and if you will. After a discussion of their status as discourse markers, the article focuses on the contexts where they can be found. It appears that these markers can only be used in medial and final positions. The study of the corpus sheds some light on the various functions of these markers. This paper argues that if you like and if you will have two main functions. They are first used in lexical selection or rephrasing contexts. Secondly, they appear to be downtoning (hedging) markers in that they introduce some approximation in the discourse or mitigate arguments.http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280discourse markersre phrasingif you likeif you willgenderco-occurrence
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If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
Anglophonia
discourse markers
re phrasing
if you like
if you will
gender
co-occurrence
author_facet Anissa Dahak
author_sort Anissa Dahak
title If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_short If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_full If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_fullStr If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_full_unstemmed If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_sort if you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
publisher Presses Universitaires du Midi
series Anglophonia
issn 1278-3331
2427-0466
publishDate 2014-10-01
description The aim of this paper is to present the results of a corpus study of the discourse markers if you like and if you will. After a discussion of their status as discourse markers, the article focuses on the contexts where they can be found. It appears that these markers can only be used in medial and final positions. The study of the corpus sheds some light on the various functions of these markers. This paper argues that if you like and if you will have two main functions. They are first used in lexical selection or rephrasing contexts. Secondly, they appear to be downtoning (hedging) markers in that they introduce some approximation in the discourse or mitigate arguments.
topic discourse markers
re phrasing
if you like
if you will
gender
co-occurrence
url http://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280
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