Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech: Oh What a Difference an Oh Makes
Discourse Markers in Spontaneous Speech: Oh What a Difference an Oh Makes
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自发言语中的话语标记:哦,哦有多么不同
DOI:
10.1006/jmla.1998.2613
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发表时间:
1999
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Josef C. Schrock
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作者:
J. E. Tree;Josef C. Schrock
Abstract Discourse markers are usually studied from the vantage point of corpora analyses. By looking at where they fall in spontaneous talk, hypotheses can be made about their possible functions. However, direct tests of listeners' uses of these expressions are rare. In five experiments, we looked at the on-line spontaneous speech comprehension effects of one discourse marker, oh. We found that recognition of words was faster after oh than when the oh was either excised and replaced by a pause or excised entirely. We also found that semantic verification of words heard earlier in the discourse was faster after oh than when the oh was either excised and replaced by a pause or excised entirely, but only when the test point was downstream from the oh. Results demonstrate that oh is not only a potential signal to addressees, as has been suggested by corpora analyses, but that it is in fact used by addressees to help them integrate information in spontaneous talk.