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How Does Topicality Affect the Choice of Referential Form? Evidence From Mandarin

open access: yesCognitive Science, 2022
Many models of reference production suggest that speakers tend to use a reduced referential form, such as a pronoun, to signal the topicality of a particular referent, that is, the Topichood Hypothesis.
Heeju Hwang, Suet‐Ying Lam
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Topics and topicalization in Amharic

jall, 2007
Abstract The paper examines the information structure of Amharic sentences with regard to topicalization. The morphemes -mma, -ss, and -mm in Amharic have been ascribed a function as topic markers (cf. Blejer 1986, Gasser 1983, Hetzron 1973, Kapeliuk 1978, Leslau 1995, etc.).
Girma A Demeke, Ronny Meyer
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