Discourse particle
Discourse particles or discourse markers are words that control the conversation and have no actual semantic meaning, such as “also” or “uh” in German.
They have strategic interaction functions or contribute to the structuring of utterances. Discourse particles are a popular class of words for borrowing .
The breadth of the particle class depends on the definition of the term discourse . When Helmut Henne speaks of conversational words and describes the concept according to its occurrence, Deborah Schiffrin sees it as an integrative category that relates to the coherence of texts.
literature
- Hennig Brinkmann : The German language. Shape and performance . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1971.
- Helmut Glück (Ed.), With the collaboration of Friederike Schmöe : Metzler Lexikon Sprache. 3rd, revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8 .
- Elisabeth Gülich: Macro syntax and structural signals in spoken French . Fink, Munich 1970 (also dissertation, University of Cologne 1970).
- Helmut Henne: Conversation Words . In the S. u. a. (Ed.): Interdisciplinary German dictionary in discussion . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-590-15645-7 , pp. 42-47.
- Angelika Redder : Grammar Theory and Linguistic Action. “ Denn ” and “da”. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1990, ISBN 3-484-30239-9 (habilitation thesis, University of Münster 1988).
- Deborah Schiffrin: Discourse Markers . CUP, Cambridge 1987, ISBN 0-521-30385-0 .
- Eva-Maria Willkop: Structural Particles in Dialog . Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-89129-205-8 (also dissertation, University of Munich 1986).
- Werner Wolski: Particle Lexicography. A contribution to practical lexicology . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1986, ISBN 3-484-30914-8 .