Coherence and Cohesion in English Discourse

S1
yeah just thirty pages, [
S2
: pssh] or twenty-five in your case. <
SS
: 
LAUGH> are you done talking or are gonna talk more?
Example (7) comprises three tokens of 
I mean.
The first one is used as a delay 
device. 
I mean
in this function is often accompanied by pauses and hesitations, as 
illustrated above. The two remaining occurrences of 
I mean
introduce explanations, 
one occurring in I position and the other in M position within the turn. Similarly 
to the marker
 
used for reformulation, 
I mean
applied for explanation clearly 
contributes to the planning and organization of discourse while enhancing the 
smooth 
flow of 
spoken interaction. By guiding the hearer to an interpretation of 
the message which is coherent with the speaker’s communicative intention it also 
contributes to discourse coherence.
(8) (OFC320SU153.3)
S1
so the books that deal with generally, Indonesian textiles, Sumatran 
textiles Balinese textiles are all over surveys of Southeast Asia, and just 
float through and look for the Indonesian section. [
S2
: okay] that’ll, 
that’ll give you some clues. 
S2
okay. and mos- 
I mean
 do you think we’d be able to, get enough out of the 
stuff that’s on reserve? or would we be going like way beyond that?
S1
um i- it might help if you go beyond that, but I would start in the reserves. 
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