Abstract
This paper examines conversational topic shifting in Moroccan Arabic, focusing on the markers and devices speakers use to move from one topic to another within the same interaction. After reviewing relevant literature and methodology, it distinguishes several forms of topic shift, including genuine topic shifts, sub-topic shifts, and topic recycling. The analysis identifies markers such as pauses, genuine topic-shift utterances, attention-getting devices, and topic-recycling markers, and discusses their discourse functions. The study shows that topic-shift markers do not perform a single function only, but help structure conversation, introduce new referents, manage interaction, and delimit useful units for discourse analysis.
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Oumazane, Lhoussine
(1988)
"Some Aspects of Topic Shifting in Moroccan Arabic,"
Bouhout: Vol. 1:
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1, Article 13.
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https://scholarhub.univh2c.ma/bouhout/vol1/iss1/13