Bahi-as-a -Discourse -Marker-in-Daily -Libyan-Arabic

Khadeja 6type of objection so that the speaker can either switch to another step or let the hearer do that.Alternatively, in the second use, ‘bahi’ was used in a different context and hence gave adifferent meaning. When the hearer said ‘bahi’ here, she took what the speaker has already saidinto a consideration but still the information was not enough for her, that is why she said ‘bahi’meaning ‘then….?’ asking the speaker indirectly to add more information as needed. So the twofunctions above reflect how ‘bahi’ was used but in two different contexts giving two differentmeanings. It is by the help of discourse markers that speakers can interpret utterances and usethem for many purposes such as politeness, disagreement, and gap filling in a coherent way.(Brennan & Williams, 1995).Extract 2.شوفى اول وحدة هذه ، وبعدين القى عصا باه ى؟ .aLook, this is the first one, and then he found a stick, bahi?حطى الصورة اهيا .bPut this pictureلا ، هذه نفسها ، هده القاها طايحة آه ، صح باهى .aNo, this is the same; he found it thrown (the stick) aha, right bahiباهى ، بعد تكسرت العصا وهنا بيقفز معناها هذه قبل ، ريتى ؟ معناها هذه قبل .bBahi.., after the stick was broken, here he wanted to jump; which means this one isbefore that one, see? It means this one is first.Analysis:As noted above, ‘bahi’ first was used to express the speaker’s doubt if the hearerunderstood or not; that is why she says ‘bahi?’ with a rising tone but in a polite formal mannerexpecting the hearer to reply in return saying ‘bahi’ with a falling tone to assure the speaker’sdoubt. However, in the second situation, ‘bahi’ was used by the speaker to state her initialagreement with her own choice before getting the reaction of the hearer; she says ‘bahi’ so that