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Publication details [#8359]
Sankoff, Gillian and Penelope Brown. 1976. The origins of syntax in discourse: A case study of Tok Pisin relatives. Language 52 : 631–666. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
It is claimed that the basic processes involved in relativization in Tok Pisin have much broader discourse functions, and that relativization is only a special instance of the application of general 'bracketing' devices used in the organization of information.