“…Regarding opening and closing markers such as alright, now, ok, so, to conclude, and well function to open and close turns and topics of discourse (Cuenca, 2008;Fraser, 1999;Hyland, 2005). Topic shift or digression markers are used to shift topics: For example, items such as anyway, or, whatever, so, regarding, well, and then can function in this way and are used to shift the conversation either away from or back to a discourse topic (Buysse, 2012;Fung & Carter, 2007;González, 2005;Pons Bordería & Estellés Arguedas, 2009). Items such as then, well, next, firstly, in the end, and after are used to present a sequence of events or mark temporal value (González, 2005).…”