Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ525791
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Publication Date: 1996
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Topic versus Cohesion in the Prediction of Causal Ordering in English Conversation.
Hardy, Donald E.; Leuchtmann, Amy
Discourse Processes, v21 n2 p237-54 Mar-Apr 1996
Tests D. Schiffrin's hypothesis that the choice between "CAUSE so RESULT" sequences and "RESULT because CAUSE" sequences is determined by topic continuity against British conversational data from the London-Lund Corpus of Spoken English. Produces results similar to Schiffrin's. Concludes that these studies reveal a cohesive functional load concentrating in grammatical subject. (PA)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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