This book explores the use of discourse markers - lexical items where
drawing a distinction between propositional and non-propositional,
syntactically-semantically integrated and discourse-pragmatic uses is
especially relevant. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative
methodologies, descriptive and critical (CDA) perspectives, and manual
annotation and automatized analyses, the author argues that Discourse
Markers (DMs) cannot be effectively studied in isolation, but must
instead be contextualised with reference to other discourse-pragmatic
devices and their language and genre backgrounds. This book will be of
interest to students and academics working in the fields of DM research
and critical discourse studies, and will also appeal to scholars working
in areas such as genre studies, second language acquisition (SLA),
literary analysis, contemporary cinematography, Tolkien scholarship, and
Bible studies.