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The Discourse Function of Inversion in English

โœ Scribed by Betty J. Birner

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Leaves
204
Series
Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Category
Library
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โœฆ Synopsis

A study of discourse-functional constraints on the use of a marked syntactic construction. Argues that inversion in clauses serves an information-packaging function, linking familiar and unfamiliar information in the discourse. Demonstrates a correlation between a well-defined type of giveness and c

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