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Discourse Topics
Richard Watson Todd
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 269] 2016
► pp. 5–28

Chapter 1
Investigating discourse topics

Article outline
  • 1.1Uses of discourse topics in applied linguistics
  • 1.2Defining and operationalising discourse topics
    • 1.2.1Connectedness
    • 1.2.2Aboutness
    • 1.2.3Relevance
    • 1.2.4Topics, connectedness, aboutness and relevance
  • 1.3Text linguistics
  • 1.4A preliminary analysis of discourse topics
  • 1.5Data analysed
  • 1.6Conclusion