Mosas a discourse marker in rural Cape Afrikaans

Autor:	Wesley Jantjies, Ondene Van Dulm
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Grammar media_common.quotation_subject Proposition Language and Linguistics Linguistics Logical conjunction Argument Narrative Sociology Function (engineering) Coherence (linguistics) Discourse marker media_common
Zdroj:	Language Matters. 43:3-20
ISSN:	1753-5395 1022-8195
DOI:	10.1080/10228195.2010.516008
Popis:	This article aims to characterise mos as a discourse marker (DM), and to explore its pragmatic functions in the discourse of speakers of non-standard Afrikaans. Through an analysis of the functions of the use of mos in conversational data collected among nine rural speakers of so-called ‘Cape Afrikaans’, it is shown to fulfil a number of criteria drawn from the relevant literature by which an item may be characterised as a DM. Specifically, mos is seen to function in relating segments of discourse, creating coherence in narratives, expressing logical and causal links, indicating a speaker's position with regard to a proposition, constructing an argument, managing shared information, and signalling a comment on a proposition. It is shown that the DM mos has a wide range of functions in the discourse of rural speakers of Cape Afrikaans.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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