I'm curious if there is a decided term for the words that begin a new utterance. They often are written with a comma following them such as below: "Well, ..." "So, ..." but the class of these words isn't restricted to single words or a particular set and can be expanded to include other parts of speech also for example: "George, ..." is there a name for these forms?
2
-
2There are several ways to refer to such words/phrases, one of them is discourse markers.– Alex B.Dec 21, 2016 at 20:01
-
@Alex B gives the right answer.– mobileinkDec 21, 2016 at 23:07
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
There is a category of words called transition words which contains your examples.
answered Dec 21, 2016 at 18:43
