Rephrase is a pragmatically complex and persuasively appealing, yet still not systematically
explored communication phenomenon. Evidence from corpus data indicates that speakers …

Coherence relations are expressed differently across languages, often leading to language
learners misusing discourse connectives. We argue that the ability to detect these errors …

This article aims to investigate the uses of two Italian reformulation markers (henceforth
RMs) that have recently developed a range of functions that go beyond their core …

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Fiorentini EGNALI DI CONTATTO Italiano e ladino nelle valli del Trentino-Alto Adige S S Page …

This contribution provides a description of language contact phenomena of heritage
Sardinian in migration contexts. The analysis takes into account original data collected in the …

Dieser Beitrag stellt nach einer kurzen allgemeinen Einführung die Datenbank für
Gesprochenes Deutsch (DGD) und das Forschungs-und Lehrkorpus Gesprochenes …

This paper considers the role of social indexicality in the pragmatic development of Italian
cioè 'that is' and tipo 'type'in the second half of the 20th century. It analyses listeners' phone …

Moving from a broad socio-pragmatic perspective, this study analyses how speakers of
different ages use a class of items and constructions that codify intentional vagueness in …

Yes and no allow an easy management of talk-in-interaction and, unlike other classes of
discourse markers, occur from early stages of L2 acquisition onwards (Perdue 1993; Bernini …

Intensification is a more pervasive phenomenon than usually thought, involving modification
and scaling at different levels. Besides adjectives and adverbs, also the epistemic stance …