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Publication details [#20135]

Carlson, Robert. 1987. Narrative connectives in Supyiré. In Tomlin, Russell S., ed. Coherence and grounding in discourse: Outcome of a symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984. John Benjamins. pp. 1–19.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

connective | thematic continuity

Annotation

C. examines the functions of the `kà', `wa' and `si' connectives in Supyiré (a Senufo language of the Gur family in Niger-Congo, spoken in Southern Mali) with regard to the thematic (dis)continuity and main narrative versus background information.