Discourse anaphora: Four theoretical models

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-176

  Huang, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaphora; Conversation analysis; Discourse analysis; Neo gricean pragmatics; Reference; Repair systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033637876     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(99)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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