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... tion lies . So for example [ 3:63 ] a . ' Yes , I think you'd better leave off , ' said the Gryphon : and Alice was only too glad to do so . b . Just finish off watering those plants . And let me know when you've done so . The ...
... tion lies . So for example [ 3:63 ] a . ' Yes , I think you'd better leave off , ' said the Gryphon : and Alice was only too glad to do so . b . Just finish off watering those plants . And let me know when you've done so . The ...
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... tion . The listener assigns meanings and interprets what is said to him ; but in doing so he is himself supplying a great deal of the interpretation . The sentences and clauses and words that he hears , however perfectly formed ...
... tion . The listener assigns meanings and interprets what is said to him ; but in doing so he is himself supplying a great deal of the interpretation . The sentences and clauses and words that he hears , however perfectly formed ...
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... tion and ellipsis in responses ; the function of a response is to supply missing information , or confirmation – that is to supply something that is New , and it is this that provides the environment in which the substitute or ...
... tion and ellipsis in responses ; the function of a response is to supply missing information , or confirmation – that is to supply something that is New , and it is this that provides the environment in which the substitute or ...
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adjectives Adjunct adverbs Alice anaphoric anaphoric reference cataphoric Chapter Classifier clausal substitution cohesive relation conjunctive relations context of situation contrast count noun Deictic demonstrative discourse discussed distinction elliptical clause elliptical form elliptical group elliptical nominal group endophoric English environment Epithet example exophoric reference explicit expressed fact finite functioning as Head grammatical hence hypotactic hypotaxis identity indefinite article instances interpretation J. B. Priestley John kind language lexical cohesion lexical ellipsis lexical item lexical verb lexicogrammatical linguistic Mary mass nouns meaning modal negative nominal substitute non-elliptical non-finite noun Numerative occur operator ellipsis patterns plural polarity possible preceding text present presupposed clause presupposed group presupposed item presupposition pro-verb pronoun question reference item referential repudiated sense sentence simply speaker specific speech substitute form substitution and ellipsis tense textual texture thing tion tonic types of cohesion typically verbal ellipsis verbal group verbal substitute whereas word