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Peer reviewedVan Kuppevelt, Jan – Journal of Linguistics, 1995
This paper presents an alternative approach to discourse structure according to which topicality is the general organizing principle in discourse. This approach accounts for the fact that the segmentation structure of discourse is in correspondence with the hierarchy of topics defined for the discourse units. (52 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Syntax
