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Discourse - T. Givón (ed.), Topic continuity in discourse: A quantitative cross-language study. (Typological Studies in Language, vol. 3.) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1983. Pp. 492.

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T. Givón (ed.), Topic continuity in discourse: A quantitative cross-language study. (Typological Studies in Language, vol. 3.) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1983. Pp. 492.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Ping Chen
Ping Chen
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Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 and Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijng, PRC
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Language in Society , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 410 - 414
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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