Análise de marcadores conversacionais em Interações de adultos e adolescentes.

Abstract

Conversational markers are characterized as discourse strategies that establish links between the cognitive information units of the spoken text and its interlocutors. Due to their frequency of use in speech and their importance for the cohesion and coherence of the spoken text and the emergence of a new way of communicating among younger groups, this paper aims to analyze how conversational markers are used by adolescents and adults in their interactions and which are the main markers used by these audiences and what function they play in the interaction of these subjects. To do so, we used the theoretical assumptions of Marcuschi (2003); Urbano (1999); Fávero et al (2000) and Preti (1991, 2004) among others. To carry out the research a total of four people were needed, divided into pairs, one composed of adults and the other of teenagers. The data collection occurred through interactions, on different days and places for the two audiences, which dealt with Russia's war against Ukrane. As a collection instrument, a cell phone recorder was used to collect the interactions, which were later manually transcribed into Microsoft's Word Software, and analyzed by the researcher. The results obtained indicated that Conversational Markers are present, in different forms and functions, in the speech of people of any age. This could be verified in the dialogues of the four participants involved in the research. The participants made use of CTs as a way to give cohesion to what they were saying, at that particular moment.