Discourse Markers in Speech: Distinctive Features and Corpus Annotation

Ludivine Crible, Maria-Josep Cuenca


Abstract
It is generally acknowledged that discourse markers are used differently in speech and writing, yet many general descriptions and most annotation frameworks are written-based, thus partially unfit to be applied in spoken corpora. This paper identifies the major distinctive features of discourse markers in spoken language, which can be associated with problems related to their scope and structure, their meaning and their tendency to co-occur. The description is based on authentic examples and is followed by methodological recommendations on how to deal with these phenomena in more exhaustive, speech-friendly annotation models.
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2017.dnd-8.4
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Dialogue Discourse Volume 8
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2017
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Amanda Stent, Maite Taboada, Raquel Fernández, David Traum, Massimo Poesio, Barbara Di Eugenio, Manfred Stede
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DND
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SIGDIAL
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149–166
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https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingest-dnd/2017.dnd-8.4/
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10.5087/dad.2017.207
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Ludivine Crible and Maria-Josep Cuenca. 2017. Discourse Markers in Speech: Distinctive Features and Corpus Annotation. Dialogue & Discourse, 8:149–166.
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Discourse Markers in Speech: Distinctive Features and Corpus Annotation (Crible & Cuenca, DND 2017)
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