Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper examines the discourse marker "I mean" in the first season of Friends, exploring its pragmatic functions within dialogues. Analysis reveals that "I mean" facilitates politeness, moderates tone, and enhances identification, while also serving functions such as clarification, correction, emphasis, and supplementation. These functions support coherence and interaction, underscoring the marker's role in promoting dialogue fluency. The findings highlight how "I mean" contributes to character interactions and provide insights for learners on the pragmatic use of discourse markers in communication.
Author: Xinyue YI
Institution: Xi'an International Studies University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406216122