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Publication details [#7484]

Peer, Willy Van. 1984. Between stylistics and pragmatics: The theory of foregrounding.

Publication type

Working paper

Publication language

English

Keywords

foregrounding | pragmatic theory | stylistics

Annotation

A number of empirical experiments concerning the validity of the theory of foregrounding are summarized, and the results are interpreted within the framework of pragmatics.

Reprints

Peer, Willy Van and Jan Renkema. 1984. In Peer, Willy Van and Jan Renkema, eds. Pragmatics and stylistics. Acco. pp. 291–315.