Author(s)

Qing Xue, Da Liu

Corresponding Author

Da Liu

Abstract

Discourse markers, as an ordinary accepted linguistic phenomenon, are of great influence for utterances understanding and verbal communication. It helps speakers and hearers make fewer efforts to achieve the most optimal contextual effect. With the development of linguistics, the study of discourse markers has become an important field, which has been developing quickly in recent years.

Keywords

Anyway, Discourse Marker, Relevance Theory, Pragmatic functions.