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Informal interactions

The = sign indicates an utterance which is cut short

[end of a sales transaction in a shop; A is the assistant, B is a customer]

A: Right that comes to er seventy three eighty six. Thank you. Right I just need

you to sign there. 

B: Thank you. 

A: Well the weather’s turned up today anyway. 

B: Mm, it’s nice isn’t it. 

A: It’s breezy though. 

B: [laughs] Dick said it’s been going on forever. He said it’s been raining for

about=

A: It’s been raining, we had a snow blast, we had a snowstorm last weekend

there. 

B: Mm. 

A: Amazing stuff. 

B: Great. Thanks. 

A: Good. I’ll give you a receipt for that. There you go. 

B: Great. Thanks. Thank you. 

Functions of discourse markers