Kausalmarker zwischen Pragmatik und Kognition

Dagmar Frohning presents a corpus-based analysis of ten causal markers in German. Her study uses written texts and is based on the correlations between the causal markers and numerous contextual features which help delineate the individual markers. It uses a cognitive-pragmatic orientation and integrates various approachesfrom the functionally oriented tradition. The author presents a multi-factorial approach which uses four parameters to give systematic answers to the question of why which marker is preferred in the contexts in which it occurs.