Basic notions of information structure

Acta Linguistica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 243-276

  Krifka, Manfred ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast; Focus; Giveness; Information structure; Topic

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349122330     PISSN: 12168076     EISSN: 15882624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ALing.55.2008.3-4.2     Document Type: Article

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