Topic and focus as linear notions: Evidence from Italian and Russian

Lingua

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-344

  Pereltsvaig, Asya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Focus; Informational component; Topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347753336     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(03)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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