@article{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/jhp.1.2.05flu, author = "Fludernik, Monika", title = "Narrative Discourse Markers in Malory’s Morte D’Arthur", journal= "Journal of Historical Pragmatics", year = "2000", volume = "1", number = "2", pages = "231-262", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.1.2.05flu", url = "https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/jhp.1.2.05flu", publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "1566-5852", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "On the basis of the model of narrative structure proposed in Fludernik (1996b) this paper presents the results of an investigation of discourse markers in Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur, with a complete line-by-line analysis of The Tale of King Arthur, Books I to III (“Merlin”; “Balin”; “Torre and Pellinor”), A Noble Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake, and The Book of Sir Tristram de Lyones (Book XIV: “Launcelot and Elaine”). The paper argues that the inflation of discourse markers in Malory is a sign of their imminent disappearance from narrative prose and that other features that indicate a dissolution of the oral narrative episode pattern are also visible in the text.", }