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Chen, Rong – Language Sciences, 1991
Study of a group of logical connectors in English demonstrates how the meanings of those connectors signal the grounding of the clauses they introduce in absolute terms, unlike other linguistic means of grounding performed by tense, aspect, mood, voice, or verbal categories. (14 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, English, Language Patterns, Phrase Structure