The Use of Discourse Markers: in Iraqi Arabic: A Pragmatic Perspective

Abstract

Discourse markers are words or phrases that play a part in dealing with the sequence and structure of discourse.This study investigates the employment of discourse markersin Iraqi Arabic.

This study tackles the two discourse markers (dhile'e, kabadi) in social media.

It presents different use of these two particle depending on the contexts in which they are used.

It is hypothesized that discourse markers have different expressions which varied according to the context and there are many discourse markers that are used recently by young people.

The current study aims at: showing the concept of discourse markers, shedding light upon using discourse markers in Iraqi Arabic and showing the functions and properties of discourse markers.

Finally, results, discussion and conclusions are presented.