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discourse marker
Noun
Japanese Meaning
談話の中で、文や節の境界や転換点を示す語句。また、会話において話題の変更、言い換え、強調、遠慮などの調整機能を果たす表現として用いられる。 / 会話や文章の流れにおける目印となる言葉や句。これにより、発話の構造やその意図が明確になる。
（ plural ）
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(linguistics) A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.
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discourse marker
As she hesitated, she used 'well' as a discourse marker to signal a shift in the conversation.
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As she hesitated, she used 'well' as a discourse marker to signal a shift in the conversation.
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