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2.2 “keshi”and “ke” “keshi” and “ke”, as the discourse markers, undertaking the pragmatic function of comparison, topic changing and turn-talking in the discourse. Specifically, comparison and topic changing have the functional connections in semantic coherence, while turn-taking plays a role in the syntactic coherence, which are two means for discourse organization. 2.2.1 Comparison. As the following sentences, p and q form the contract in the discourse, “ke” doesn’t indicate the turning relation of the complex clauses, while it highlights the essential difference between the man and the woman in the discourse. The man is very loyal and honest, gentle and cultivated .While (ke) that woman scarcely a bitch.(Duwei Ma, Shuo Wang, and Xiaogang fengStories From the Editorial Board, the Editorialas the following in short.) Niu:No! That is a thing of the past. Recently it’s payoff after payoff .The circumstances now is gratifying. Obviously shouldn’t even be quoted by the days of the past. Yu: But (keshi) I’m wondering about this. Though the radishes and the grain are in good harvest half a year for each, the radishes would never be eaten out. Well, can it be regarded as a new problem in the new period?(the editorial) My grandpa died in his early years. Therefore, my mother had to depend on my uncle for a living. However(keshi), they still kept the feudal morality to support the whole family. As if a person was wealthy, then he could afford all the people in the family., the number of which equals to those living in a big courtyard. But(keshi) as for my mother, my grandmother as well, said that if you always lived on the others, you would have had to study hard. Because they made money for your living expenses.(1982: Zhen Fen) The example (16) indicated that the topic has been changed in the whole conversation from “a good harvest in the situation of the agriculture” to “the problem of the radishes”. The first “keshi” in the example(17) converts the topic of “my moth