CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ALBANIAN DISCOURSE MARKER E DI AND THE ENGLISH YOU KNOW IN SPOKEN INTERACTION
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Dec 15, 2021
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discourse marker, you know, e di, politeness, Speech Act, conversation analysis, pragmatics, discourse analysis
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This paper provides a comparative analysis of the discourse markers you know in English and e di in Albanian. Although it belongs to the inventory of discourse markers that have received due attention in English scholarship and thus represents one of the most analyzed discourse markers, its Albanian equivalent has remained largely understudied in the context of spoken interaction. Therefore, the existing research on
you know may serve as a basic framework for contrastive analyses of interpersonal functions of its functional counterparts in other languages. The main hypothesis underlying our investigation is that in both languages the markers have a common basic function: appealing to common knowledge and thus marking interpersonal relationships. To prove the hypothesis we conduct an analysis using data collected from authentic telephone conversations in Albanian whereby determining the interpersonal functions of
e di and comparing them to the functions of you know. The results confirm the main hypothesis
and support the distinction of several functions of e di in everyday conversation.
you know may serve as a basic framework for contrastive analyses of interpersonal functions of its functional counterparts in other languages. The main hypothesis underlying our investigation is that in both languages the markers have a common basic function: appealing to common knowledge and thus marking interpersonal relationships. To prove the hypothesis we conduct an analysis using data collected from authentic telephone conversations in Albanian whereby determining the interpersonal functions of
e di and comparing them to the functions of you know. The results confirm the main hypothesis
and support the distinction of several functions of e di in everyday conversation.
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Vinca, Edona. 2021. “CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ALBANIAN DISCOURSE MARKER E DI AND THE ENGLISH YOU KNOW IN SPOKEN INTERACTION”. Journal of Contemporary Philology 4 (2), 43–57. https://doi.org/10.37834/JCP2142043v.
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Copyright © 2014 Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology, Skopje
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary. (2004). Oxford University Press
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Erman, B. and Kotsinas, U. (1993). Pragmaticalization: the case of ba’ and you know. Studier i modern sprakvetenskap 10: 76–93.
Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSH- Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë. Prishtinë. Rilindja.
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Halliday, M.A.K. (1973). Explorations in the functions of language.
Holmes, J. (1986). Functions of you know in women’s and men’s speech. Studia Linguistica 42/2, 85–121.
Josif, K. (1969). Pjesëzat si kategori leksikogramatikore në shqipen e sotme. SF/3. Tiranë
Ostman, (1981). You know: A Discourse-Functional Approach. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. (2006). Oxford University Press
Schouroup, L. C. (1985). Common discourse particles in English conversation. New York/London: Garland Publishing.
Stubbe, M. andHolmes, J. (1995). You know, eh and other ‘exasperating expressions. An analysis of social and stylistic variation in the use of pragmatic devices in a sample of New Zealand English. \Language and Communication 15. 63–88.
Zheng, Q. (2015). Revisiting You know using the BNCweb query system: A sociopragmatic analysis. In Researching sociopragmatic variability . London: Palgrave Macmillan London. 94–118.
Бужаровска, Е. (2013). Полисемијата на глаголот знае. Studia Linguistica Polono-Meridianoslavica. 14/15: 15–33. [Bužarovska, E. (2013). Polisemijata na glagolot znae. Studia Linguistica Polono-Meridianoslavica. 14/15: 15–33.]
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