Thursday 24 June 2010

Dicourse markers

Discourse means "pieces of language longer than a sentence".
Some words and expressions are used to show how discourse is constructed.
They can show the connection between something we have said and something we are going to say;
or they can show the connection between what somebody else has said and what we are saying;
or they can show what we think about what we are saying; or why we are talking.























by the wayWe use by the way to introduce a new subject of conversation"Nice day". "Yes, isn't it? By the way, have you heard from Peter

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