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Publication details [#5117]

Jaggar, Philip J. 1983. Some dimensions of topic-NP continuity in Hausa narrative. In Givón, Talmy, ed. Topic continuity in discourse: A quantitative cross-language study. John Benjamins. pp. 365–424.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

narrative | thematic continuity | topic

Language as a subject

Hausa

Annotation

A quantitative investigation of a range of grammatical devices participating in the maintenance of clause-level NP-continuity in Hausa (Chadic, Afroasiatic) narrative structure.