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discourse marker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
dis-course -mark-er
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

discourse markers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

connective filler interjection

Questions

What does discourse marker mean?
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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