Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and background
  • 1.1. language
  • 1.2. Why study Ojibwe discourse markers?
  • 1.3. Methodology
  • 1.4. Orthography
  • 2. What is a discourse marker?
  • 2.1. Schiffrin's definition of discourse markers
  • 2.2. Relevance theorists' view of discourse markers
  • 2.3. Cross-linguistic data
  • 2.3.1. Position
  • 2.3.2. Clitics and affixes
  • 2.3.3. Tam (tense-aspect-mode) systems
  • 2.3.4. Simultaneous textual and interpersonal functions of discourse markers
  • 2.4. Defining discourse markers
  • 3. Ojibwe discourse markers
  • 3.1. Discourse connectives
  • 3.1.1. Initial position
  • 3.1.1.1. inashke
  • 3.1.1.2. miinawaa
  • 3.1.1.3. onzaam
  • 3.1.1.4. dibishkoo
  • 3.1.1.5. Mii dash
  • 3.1.2. Second position
  • 3.1.2.1. Idash as a contrastive marker
  • 3.1.2.1.1. Digressions
  • 3.1.2.1.2. Backgrounding and foregrounding
  • 3.1.2.1.3. Idash in adjacency pairs
  • 3.1.3. Preverbs
  • 3.1.3.1. Relative preverb izhi
  • 3.2. Mystery particles
  • 3.2.1. Initial position
  • 3.2.1.1. Mii as a veridical marker
  • 3.2.1.2. Mii as a command softener
  • 3.2.1.3. awenh, inenh
  • 3.2.1.4. aaniish
  • 3.2.2. Second-position mystery particles
  • 3.2.2.1. isa
  • 3.2.2.1.1. Isa as a marker of closings
  • 3.2.2.1.2. Isa as a marker of relinquishment
  • 3.2.2.1.3. Isa as a marker of conclusory gists
  • 3.2.2.1.4. Isa as a marker of resultant action
  • 3.2.2.1.5. Isa as a position strengthener
  • 3.2.2.1.6. Isa as a placeholder
  • 3.2.2.1.7. Sa go
  • 3.2.2.2. gosha
  • 3.2.2.3. sha
  • 3.2.2.4. da
  • 3.2.2.5. bina
  • 3.2.2.6. goda
  • 3.2.2.7. naa
  • 3.2.2.7.1. Second-position discourse clusters with naa
  • 4. Conjunct order as a discourse-marking device
  • 4.1. Sentence-level use of conjuncts
  • 4.1.1. Dependent clauses
  • 4.1.2. Temporal immediacy and the connective feature of the conjunct
  • 4.1.3. Situational immediacy
  • 4.2. Discourse use of conjuncts
  • 5. Conclusion.