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discontinuative
discontinuative
English
Adjective
discontinuative (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Indicating discontinuation.
- 2010, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, The Expression of Information Structure:
- In narratives, discontinuative predicate focus is used when there is a topic shift, or when two referents are contrasted.
- 2010, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, The Expression of Information Structure:
Translations
lingustics: indicating discontinuation
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