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Publication details [#4284]
Halvorsen, Per-Kristian. 1976. Pragmatic constraints on directional-phrase preposing. Working Papers in Linguistics 7 : 120–133.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
On the discourse constraints on directional-phrase preposing (such as in 'Out of the bend came the train'), and their explanation in terms of conversational implicatures and the functional properties of these utterances.