Information Structure

The Handbook of English Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 291-317

  Birner, Betty J ^a   Ward, Gregory ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clausal elements; Discourse model; Functions; Information structure; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890659758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753002.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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