This chapter reviews three influential perspectives in research on discourse markers:
Schiffrin's discourse perspective, Fraser's pragmatic approach, and Maschler's functional …

Discourse markers exhibit a range of grammatical properties that set them apart from many
other lexical and grammatical forms. A number of hypotheses have been proposed to …

Ways of identifying subjectification and especially intersubjectification are discussed using
data from the history of English no doubt and surely. These adverbs arose out of non-modal …

Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description
and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However …

Over the past decades, the use of quantitative methods has become almost generalized in
all domains of linguistics. However, using these methods requires a thorough understanding …

The central issue raised in this volume concerns the question whether the left and right
peripheries1 (lp and rp) attract specific meanings. Is it the case that the two peripheries differ …

A new, thought-provoking book on the theory of grammar and language processing, based
on the analysis of authentic speech produced in real time. Drawing on insights from …

A more dramatic challenge arose when the framework was extended to the analysis of
discourse markers and related discourse material, which suggests that grammaticalization …

My aim in this paper is to address Beeching and Detges' research question “What are the
respective roles of LP and RP for the rise of polyphonous items?” and their hypothesis that …

This paper performs a meta-analysis of the evolution of more than thirty Spanish DM s to
show that the left periphery-right periphery debate is not the most appropriate framework to …