The Rise of Discourse Markers - Softcover

Heine, Bernd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108987281 ISBN 13: 9781108987288

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

This pioneering study highlights the importance in linguistic communication of discourse markers, a previously neglected area of research.

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About the Authors

Bernd Heine is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of African Studies and Egyptology, University of Cologne. His main research areas are grammaticalization theory, endangered languages in Africa, and discourse grammar. His publications include more than 40 books and over 200 articles.

Gunther Kaltenböck is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Graz in Austria. His main research interests are cognitive-functional grammar, corpus linguistics, language variation and change.

Tania Kuteva is Professor of English Linguistics at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and Professorial Research Associate of SOAS, University of London. Her main interests include grammaticalization, linguistic typology, language evolution, and discourse grammar.

Haiping Long is Professor at the English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University. His research interests include grammaticalization, linguistic typology, historical linguistics, and discourse grammar.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108987281
• ISBN 13: 9781108987288
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322