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Changing the Topic.

In Ancient Greek, topics can be expressed as intra-clausal constituents but they can also precede or follow the main clause as extra-clausal constituents. Together, these various topic expressions constitute a coherent system of complementary pragmatic functions. For a comprehensive account of topic...

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Published in:Mnemosyne Vol. 67; no. 2; pp. 181 - 214
Main Author: Allan, Rutger J.
Format: Article
Published: Brill Academic Publishers 2014
Subjects:
Word order
Topic & comment (Grammar)
Literary settings
Pragmatics
Clauses (Grammar)
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