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Givón, Talmy. 1983. Topic continuity in discourse: An introduction. In Givón, Talmy, ed. Topic continuity in discourse: A quantitative cross-language study. John Benjamins. pp. 1–41.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

quantitative method | thematic continuity

Annotation

G. surveys the various aspects involved in the phenomenon of topic continuity, topic maintenance, and topic identification in discourse, and presents a quantitative approach to its investigation.