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Publication details [#12136]

Bearth, Thomas. 1999. The inferential gap condition. Pragmatics 9 (2) : 249–280.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

focus | incoherence | inference

Language as a subject

Akan | French | Swahili

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This article categorizes Akan positive inferential constructions as a type of focus construction that functions as an inferential gap repair system triggered by a perceived incoherence in the discourse.