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Abstract This volume investigates the role of some functional units—discourse and pragmatic markers—complementing theoretical chapters with case studies. These markers are used by speakers to index discourse organization (discourse markers, DM), the relationship with the interlocutor, and the speaker’s stance (pragmatic markers, PM). The book offers a wide spectrum of approaches to identifying different classes of DM and PM, thanks to the contribution of scholars who have researched the relationship between synchronic properties of functional markers and their patterns of development, moving from their lexical sources (i.e. verbs and adverbs). Different classes of DM and PM are analysed in Latin and Romance languages, including the less-investigated Romanian or Portuguese, to contrastively explore a pragmatic phenomenon in genealogically related languages. The development of DMs and PMs calls into question processes such as grammaticalization and pragmaticalization, setting crucial theoretical and methodological issues within the discussion on the interface between grammar, discourse, and interaction. Furthermore, within the debate on gradualness and gradience in language change, different case studies suggest that peculiarities shown by DMs and PMs and by their different paths of development entail diachronic gradualness and constructional (form–meaning) changes that occur in sequences of micro-changes.
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