none 10.1075/pbns.296.06dov John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 100936257 3145140 1420619 202412101314000000 10.1075 2024-12-10T12:15:43Z 2018-08-27T11:50:45Z 1 0922-842X 10.1075/pbns https://benjamins.com/catalog/pbns María de los Ángeles Gómez González University of Santiago de Compostela https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0575-8550 J. Lachlan Mackenzie VU University Amsterdam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-7088 This edited volume showcases new work on discourse analysis by big names in the field and promising early-career researchers. Arising from the latest in the series of IWoDA workshops in Santiago de Compostela, it provides novel insights into both the explicit and the implicit characteristics of discourse as used in verbal interaction. Discourse markers, as their name indicates, are among the explicit signals of coherence, while discourse relations may be either explicit or implicit. Similarly, the discourse used for purposes of evaluation, stance-taking and interpersonal engagement is either overt or covert, as is also true of the expression of emotions and empathy. This, in general terms, is the challenging terrain into which the contributors to this volume have ventured. The book combines theoretical issues with a practical orientation, comparing languages, analysing different registers, studying the openings of Skype conversations, and much more besides; it will prove highly relevant for postgraduate and advanced practitioners of discourse analysis, interaction studies, semantics and pragmatics. The book received the prestigious national Rafael Monroy Research Prize for Experienced Researchers from the Spanish Society for Applied Linguistics (AESLA) on 28 March 2019. 296 9 20 2018 8 27 2018 9789027201416 9789027263568 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/pbns.296 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027263568 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/pbns.296/html https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027263568.pdf Susana M. Doval-Suárez University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Elsa M. González Álvarez University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Abstract Although tag questions (TQs) are a conspicuous and frequently discussed phenomenon of spoken English, little is known about their acquisition by L2 learners. Drawing on two spoken comparable corpora, this study discusses differences between Spanish learners’ and native speakers’ (NS) use of canonical tag questions (CTQs). 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