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In:Studies at the Grammar-Discourse Interface: Discourse markers and discourse-related grammatical phenomena
Edited by Alexander Haselow and Sylvie Hancil
[Studies in Language Companion Series 219] 2021
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Grammar, discourse, and the grammar-discourse interface

 | University of Münster
 | University of Rouen
Published online: 3 June 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.219.int
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Current issues in research on the grammar-discourse interface
    • 2.1Part I – Discourse markers: The interaction of grammar and discourse from a historical-developmental perspective
    • 2.2Part II – Discourse markers: The grammar-discourse interaction from a synchronic, usage-based perspective
    • 2.3Part III – Discourse-related grammatical phenomena
  • 3.Overview of the papers in this volume
  • 4.Conclusion
  • References
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