Discourse topic

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A discourse topic is the central participant or idea of a stretch of connected

), topic-chaining, and pronominalization.

References

  1. ^ Sapir, Edward. 1921. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech New York: Harcourt, Brace.
  2. ^ Givón, Talmy (Ed.) (1994), Voice and Inversion. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  3. ^ Zúñiga, Fernando (2006) Deixis and Alignment. Inverse systems in indigenous languages of the Americas. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.