Discourse Elements in the Missing Manual

The article is devoted to the research of discourse elements that contribute significantly to discourse coherence of the Missing Manual (a new genre variety of exploitation instruction). The results of the analysis show that the taxonomy of discourse elements in the Missing Manual is based on the functions that discourse elements perform. The authors suggest classifying the discourse elements in the Missing Manual into two groups: discourse markers and pragmatic markers. The specific attention is paid to the types of pragmatic markers, which are not characteristic of instructing texts, but common for the Missing Manual. The analysis of oral discourse pragmatic markers and context dependent discourse markers is presented.