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Topic and Focus

Jeanette Kohn Gundel, Thorstein Fretheim

· 2006-01-01· other· 314 citationsclosed

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation linguistics and terminology studies Categorization, perception, and language

Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Conceptual and Terminological Issues Phenomena Conclusion Notes

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Jeanette Kohn Gundel, Thorstein Fretheim (2006). Topic and Focus. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470756959.ch8

@article{kohn2006topic,
  title  = {Topic and Focus},
  author = {Gundel, Jeanette Kohn and Fretheim, Thorstein},
  year   = {2006},
  doi    = {10.1002/9780470756959.ch8}
}

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