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Fortescue, Michael. 1991. Switch reference anomalies and `topic' in West Greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax. In Fortescue, Michael. Switch reference anomalies and `topic' in West Greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax. In : 53–80. : 53–80.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
grammatical rule | reference | topicality
Language as a subject
Greenlandic, West

Annotation

F. argues that exceptions to the syntactical rules of switch-reference in West Greenlandic can be explained by pragmatical phenomena, regarding topicality.

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