discourse marker

Noun

 * 1)  A word or phrase that marks a boundary in a discourse, typically as part of a dialogue. Discourse markers often signal topic changes, reformulations, discourse planning, stressing, hedging, or backchanneling.

Usage notes

 * Common discourse markers used in the English language include "you know", "well", "or whatever", "actually", "basically", "like", "I mean" and "OK".
 * In various dialects of British English, most notably Multicultural London English, "innit" is used as the default discourse marker.

Translations

 * Finnish: diskurssimerkitsin
 * German: Diskurspartikel, Diskursmarker
 * Romanian: marcator de discurs