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Pragmatic Markers

Speakers have other ways of indicating how their utterances are to be interpreted.

They include short forms such as you know, well, I mean, تعرف, واللهي, يعني

They are optional.

These are pragmatic markers and they can be used to describe the attitude to the listener or what is being said.

E.g. “The fought over how should drive, I mean, this is silly

الأب ضرب الولد, يعني, ما كان لها داعي قدام الناس

More Examples

توي شريت الجوال هذا وش رايك فيه؟

واللهي ما ادري... لو أخذت الجديد أوفر لك.

I just bought this car, what do you think?

Well, I don’t know, it doesn't have a good gas mileage.

By showing that your hesitant, you signal a desire not to challenge the other speaker, which takes us to Politeness

Assignment

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