The Basic Characteristics of Colloquialism Discourse Markers

Abstract

Discourse markers are very common in language communication, especially in the colloquialism expression. In both casual conversation and special conversation, discourse markers occur frequently in the discourse of both sides. In this paper we argue that discourse markers are one of the main features of verbal communication. They have five basic characteristics, namely the omissibleness of structure, procedural semantics, contextual relevance, pragmatic diversity and phonological pause. It is very important to understand and grasp the basic characteristics of discourse markers, which are the key to determine which words or structures belong to discourse markers. Discourse marker is frequently used in oral communication, and its concept meaning becomes grammatical and procedural meaning becomes prominent. It is one of the important means of speaker adaptation to context.