discourse marker

English

Noun

discourse marker (plural discourse markers)

(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.

Usage notes

Common discourse markers used in the English language include "you know", "well", "or whatever", "actually", "basically", "like", "I mean" and "OK".
In various dialects of British English, most notably Multicultural London English, "innit" is used as the default discourse marker.

Translations

word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse

Finnish: diskurssimerkitsin
German: Diskurspartikel n, Diskursmarker m
Romanian: marcator de discurs m

See also

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