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Publication details [#2415]

Covelli, Lucille H. and Stephen O. Murray. 1980. Accomplishing topic change. Anthropological Linguistics 22 (9) : 382–389.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
discourse topic | thematic continuity
Language as a subject
English, American

Annotation

A study of how topics are ordered - introduced, sustained, changed - within the conversation of middle class North American speakers of English.