Discourse and Negative Functions of the Modal Discourse Marker "Don't Mention It"
"Don't mention it"is a typical modal discourse marker that represents negation.Its core semantic"negation"is used for"action domain"to express negation of the situation,for"knowledge domain speech domain"to express negation of knowledge or persuasion with words,and for"language domain"to express negative language.The pragmatic functions of"Don't mention it"include discourse,negation and suggestion functions.The discourse function is manifested in the processing of dialogue turns and topics,The negation function is manifested in the uneven distribution of negation semantic intensity and interpersonal relationships,with a moderate semantic intensity type more suitable for equal and close interpersonal relationships.And the prompt function is manifested as guiding and constraining the understanding of subsequent content.
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