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Publication details [#2427]

Creider, Chet A. 1979. On the explanation of transformations. In Givón, Talmy, ed. Syntax and semantics 12: Discourse and Syntax. Academic Press. pp. 3–21.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse organization | stress | topicalization | transformation

Language as a subject

English | Eskimo | Quechua

Annotation

On topicalizing rules, focusing rules, stress and intonation, and English as a type of discourse organizing system (contrasted with other languages such as Eskimo and Quechua).