On the delimitation of the theme in functional sentence perspective

Firbas, Jan

doi:10.1075/llsee.20.08fir

In:Functionalism in Linguistics
Edited by René Dirven † and Vilém Fried
[Linguistic and Literary Studies in Eastern Europe 20] 1987
► pp. 137–156

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On the delimitation of the theme in functional sentence perspective

Jan Firbas

Published online: 1 January 1987

https://doi.org/10.1075/llsee.20.08fir

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