Getting the Message across: Discourse Markers in Indian English.

Valentine, Tamara M.

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ERIC Number: EJ445926

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Getting the Message across: Discourse Markers in Indian English.

Valentine, Tamara M.

World Englishes, v10 n3 p325-34 Win 1991

Explores the Indian variety of English from the point of view of the discoursal strategies speakers adopt in verbal interaction. In particular, the paper examines how discoursal markers function in the Indian English conversational context. (29 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Mutual Intelligibility, Speech Acts, Standard Spoken Usage

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: India

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