A Pragmatic Study on the Functions of Discourse Marker You Know in Economic Magazines

You know has a high frequency in English communication and it is mainly used as discourse marker. People use many different contexts occasions, hereby fulfills various pragmatic functions. Understanding these functions usages can help learners to participate better by improving the expression interpretation of between speaker hearer. We have retrieved you authentic from financial magazines collected Corpus Contemporary American (COCA) analyzed marker based on relevance theory. This research identified five that fulfills: information modification marker, turn shifting attitude mitigator advising