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Publication details [#5282]

Kalmar, Ivan. 1982. Transitivity in a Greek folk tale. In Hopper, Paul J. and Sandra A. Thompson, eds. Syntax and semantics 15: Studies in transitivity. Academic Press. pp. 241–259.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse progression | folk tale | foregrounding | transitivity

Language as a subject

Greek, Modern

Annotation

An inquiry into the claims concerning transitivity and foregrounding in discourse put forward by P.J. Hopper and S.A. Thompson (1980: 'Transitivity in grammar and discourse'). The conclusion is that transitivity can relate to sequentiality as well as to foregrounding.