1 Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1.2 Objectives of the Study 4
1.3 Questions for the Study 5
1.4 Significance of the Study 6
1.5 Methodology of the Study 8
1.6 Data Collection 9
1.7 Outline of the Study 10
2 Literature Review 12
2.1 Definition of Discourse Markers 12
2.2 Previous Approaches to Discourse Markers 16
2.3 Studies of Death of a Salesman 31
2.4 Pragmatic Study of Drama 37
2.5 Summary 40
3 Analytical Framework of the Study 41
3.1 Conversation Analysis 41
3.2 Analysis of Turn-taking in a Discourse-based Framework 42
3.3 Turn Management in Drama 50
3.4 Turn-taking Analysis in Drama 55
3.5 Summary 57
4 Classification and Description of Discourse Markers in Death of a Salesman 58
4.1 Identification of Discourse Markers 58
4.2 Classifications of Discourse Markers 59
4.3 Summary 108
5 The Application and Function of Turn-taking Markers in Death of a Salesman 109
5.1 Turn-taking Markers and Their Functions 110
5.2 Functions of Discourse Markers in Global Coherence Level 157
5.3 Summary 164
6 Conclusion 165
6.1 The Major Findings 165
6.2 Theoretical and Practical Significance of the Study 168
6.3 Limitations of the Study 170
6.4 Suggestions for Further Study 172
References 173