Discourse markers so and well in Zimbabwean English : a corpus-based comparative analysis

Chapwanya, Faith Chiedza; Nel, Joanine Hester

dc.contributor.author	Chapwanya, Faith Chiedza
dc.contributor.author	Nel, Joanine Hester
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-17T09:33:06Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-17T09:33:06Z
dc.date.issued	2024-03
dc.description.abstract	This analysis of discourse markers so and well in Zimbabwean English (ZE) and British English was carried out to determine possible statistically significant variations in their occurrence and function frequencies in spoken and written registers, and in different genres to ascertain if they are used in the same manner in both languages and in different language use contexts. The ZE corpus and the International Corpus of English-Great Britain (ICE-GB) were compared to reveal statistically significant variations in some registers and genres. Regarding so, the marking implied result and the sequential so functions were more frequent in the ICE-GB compared to the ZE corpus. Well occurred more in the ICE-GB compared to the ZE corpus. Searching for the right phrase, rephrasing or correcting, move to main story, indirect answer, contributing an opinion, direct answer, continuing an opinion, and evaluating a previous statement occurred more in the ICE-GB compared to the ZE corpus.	en_US
dc.description.department	Afrikaans	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	The National Research Foundation South Africa and the University of Pretoria.	en_US
dc.description.uri	https://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/weng	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Chapwanya, F.C. & Nel, J.H. (2024). Discourse markers so and well in Zimbabwean English: A corpus-based comparative analysis. World Englishes, 43, 23–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12626.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0883-2919 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1467-971X (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1111/weng.12626
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/92925
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley	en_US
dc.rights	© 2023 TheAuthors. World Englishes published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_US
dc.subject	Discourse markers	en_US
dc.subject	So and well	en_US
dc.subject	Zimbabwean English	en_US
dc.subject.other	Humanities articles SDG-04
dc.subject.other	SDG-04: Quality education
dc.title	Discourse markers so and well in Zimbabwean English : a corpus-based comparative analysis	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US