The de-accenting of given information: A cognitive universal?

Pragmatic Organization of Discourse in the Languages of Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 311-356

  Cruttenden, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110892222.311     Document Type: Chapter

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