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Peer reviewedSankoff, Gillian; Thibault, Pierrette; Nagy, Naomi; Blondeau, Helene; Fonollosa, Marie-Odile; Gagnon, Lucie – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Points out that the use of discourse markers by speakers of Anglophone Montreal French shows great variation in individual repertoires and frequency of use. Argues that mastery of the appropriate use of discourse markers reveals the speakers' integration into the local speech community. (28 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language Variation
Peer reviewedCuly, Christopher – Language Variation and Change, 1996
Recipes exhibit a phenomenon nonexistent in other commonly studied varieties, (for example, conversational discourse), namely, zero anaphors as direct objects. This article examines this phenomenon and explores its consequences for linguistic theory. Results reveal that stylistic, semantic, and discourse factors are the most important in the…
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Usage, Language Variation
