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
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2014-10-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280
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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.
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spelling doaj-art-a8b18f5f783f4edf886ff5662d74d93e2025-01-30T12:32:51ZengPresses 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.https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280genderdiscourse markersif you likeif you willco-occurrencere phrasing
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If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
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if you like
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re phrasing
title 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_short If you like et if you will : des marqueurs de discours ?
title_sort if you like et if you will des marqueurs de discours
topic gender
discourse markers
if you like
if you will
co-occurrence
re phrasing
url https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/280
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