Discourse functions at the left and right periphery : : crosslinguistic investigations of language use and language change / / edited by Kate Beeching and Ulrich Detges.

A basic property of human language is that it unfolds in time; the left and right margin of discourse units do not behave in a symmetrical fashion. The working hypothesis of this volume is that discourse elements at the left periphery have mainly subjective and discourse-structuring functions, where...

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Superior document:Studies in Pragmatics, Volume 12
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in pragmatics ; Volume 12.
Physical Description:1 online resource (265 p.)
Notes:Includes index.
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