VDM Verlag The Discourse of Academic Lectures: The meanings and uses of discourse markers

This book explores the meanings and uses of discourse markers in academic lectures through a discourse analytical approach. It demonstrates the ¿patterning¿ of the ways discourse markers are used by English native speaker lecturers. It presents an analysis of the meanings and uses of two sets of discourse markers; the ¿connective markers¿ (and, so and but) and the ¿conversational interactive markers¿ (okay, right, well and now). The author highlights the significance of the functions of these discourse markers in contributing to the coherence of lectures that should help audience listeners to ¿notice¿ the flow of informational content in academic lectures of native speaker lecturers.