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Publication details [#20976]
Wald, Benji. 1987. Cross-clause relations and temporal sequence in narrative and beyond. In Tomlin, Russell S., ed. Coherence and grounding in discourse: Outcome of a symposium, Eugene, Oregon, June 1984. John Benjamins. pp. 481–512. 
Annotation
The author discusses the relation of narrative to other types of discourse with respect to the study of the relation of syntax to discourse. It is argued that, on the conceptual level narrative consists of four discrete properties: distinction in ground, temporal sequence, reference to the past, and reference to single events, and that altering one of these properties results in a different genre of discourse.