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Hopper, Paul J. and Sandra A. Thompson. 1980. Transitivity in grammar and discourse. Language 56 (2) : 251–299. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
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Article in journal
Publication language
English
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The grammatical and semantic prominence of transitivity is said to derive from its characteristic discourse function: high transitivity is correlated with foregrounding and low transitivity with backgrounding.