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Publication details [#5564]

Kirsner, Robert S. 1983. On the use of quantitative discourse data to determine inferential mechanisms in grammar. In Klein-Andreu, Flora, ed. Discourse perspectives on syntax. Academic Press. pp. 237–257.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
inference | meaning | message1 | passive construction | pseudo-passive construction | quantitative method
Language as a subject
Dutch

Annotation

An attempt at delineating as explicitly as possible the particular mechanism used in bridging the inferential gap between meaning and message. The specific problem studied is that of the Dutch 'passive' and 'pseudopassive'.