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Discourse Phenomena in Typological Perspective
Edited by Alessandra Barotto and Simone Mattiola
[Studies in Language Companion Series 227] 2023
► pp. 1–9

Chapter 1
Discourse phenomena in typological perspective

An overview

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| University of Bologna
Keywords: discourse, typology, pragmatics, grammar
Article outline
  • 1.What do we mean by ‘discourse phenomena’?
  • 2.Why should we study discourse phenomena … in typology?
  • 3.Discourse and typology: Where are we at?
  • 4.Contributions
  • References
Published online: 1 March 2023
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