On the Functions of Left-Dislocation in English Discourse

Prince, Ellen F.

doi:10.1075/slcs.36.08pri

In:Directions in Functional Linguistics
Edited by Akio Kamio
[Studies in Language Companion Series 36] 1997
► pp. 117–144

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On the Functions of Left-Dislocation in English Discourse

Ellen F. Prince

Published online: 20 November 1997

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.36.08pri

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