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Peer reviewedMiller, Jim – Language Sciences, 1996
Discusses the ways languages of Europe render the "given"-"new" distinction on the basis of data collected by means of presenting speakers of various languages with the task of reconstructing a route on a map. The article raises questions about the nature of "wh"-pronouns in English and about what is shared by these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, English
