RT Book, Section
T1 English 'oh' as a structural and modal marker: A contrastive analysis with Spanish
A1 Martínez Caro, Elena
A2 Barotto, Alessandra
A2 Mattiola, Simone
AB Among interjections, a class often neglected in grammars, English 'oh' is one of the most highly frequent and multifunctional types, generally considered a discourse marker. The present contribution investigates this item, for a better understanding of its uses and meanings in interaction, and explores its equivalents in Spanish. As the corpus-based analysis reveals, 'oh' mostly occurs in the modal and textual-structural domains, and among the specific functions found in these, special attention is devoted to the role of 'oh' to demarcate structural ties between discourse units. It is argued that English 'oh' should be considered in the literature within the set of markers of topic shift and topic boundaries, and its knowledge expanded beyond the expression of affective and epistemic meanings.
PB John Benjamins
SN 9789027212900 (Hardbound)
SN 9789027254887 (e-Book)
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100115
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100115
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025