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Exploring Discourse Marker Use in Thai University Students’ Conversations

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dc.contributor.authorArya, Tanyaporn
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-14T17:16:01Z
dc.date.available2023-12-14T17:16:01Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.issuedBE2563
dc.description.abstractUsing a specialized corpus of English conversations between Thai university students and non-Thai speakers of English, this study examines the distribution of discourse markers employed and how they function in context. Analysis of transcriptions from a conversational perspective, reference to audio recordings and frequency counts revealed thirty-four different discourse markers used, making up 5.6% of the total corpus. The most frequent were and, OK, but and so respectively. Results indicate that, for engagement in conversations, discourse markers were employed by participants most commonly for referential purposes, lacking in extensive discourse marker use for interpersonal communication (e.g. marking and confirming shared knowledge, hedging) and cognitive functions (e.g. reformulating, repair). For the management of conversations, structural discourse markers emerged from the data to function mainly as topic shifters and mostly to give turns. The deficiency in overall discourse marker use found in Thai EFL student conversations points to a pedagogical urgency to create learner awareness of how applying these small words can significantly impact the quality of a conversation and the relationship between interlocutors.
dc.identifier.issn2630-0672 (Print), 2672-9431 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://harrt.in.th/handle/123456789/1829
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLanguage Institute, Thammasat University
dc.publisher.placePranakorn, Bangkok
dc.subjectคำเชื่อมความ
dc.subjectบทสนทนาของนักศึกษา
dc.subjectมหาวิทยาลัยไทย
dc.subjectDiscourse Markers
dc.subjectConversation Analysis
dc.subjectEfl
dc.subject.isced0232 วรรณคดีและภาษาศาสตร์
dc.subject.oecd6.2 ภาษาและวรรณคดี
dc.titleExploring Discourse Marker Use in Thai University Students’ Conversations
dc.typeบทความวารสาร (Journal Article)
dspace.entity.typePublication
harrt.itemID331
harrt.researchAreaภาษาศาสตร์ภาษาอังกฤษ
harrt.researchGroupภาษาอังกฤษ
harrt.researchTheme.1วัจนปฏิบัติศาสตร์/ปริจเฉทวิเคราะห์/วาทกรรมวิเคราะห์ (Pragmatics/Discourse Analysis)
harrt.researchTheme.2ภาษาศาสตร์คลังข้อมูล (Corpus linguistics)
mods.location.urlhttps://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/LEARN/article/view/237854
oaire.citation.endPage267
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage247
oaire.citation.titleLEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network
oaire.citation.volume13
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