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Discontinuous Syntax

Discontinuous Syntax is a syntactic phenomenon in modernist texts characterized by the deliberate fragmentation and reordering of sentence elements, disrupting conventional linear syntax to reflect cognitive or perceptual disjunction.

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70

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2017–2026

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Beyond “pathways” and “unidirectionality”: on the discontinuity of language transmission and the counterability of grammaticalization

Richard D. Janda · Language Sciences · 2000 · 375 citations

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Constraints on noun phrase discontinuity in an Australian language: The role of prosody and information structure

Eva Schultze‐Berndt, Candide Simard · Linguistics · 2012 · 255 citations · Full text

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The Referential Status of Clefts

Nancy Hedberg · Language · 2000 · 235 citations

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'Integrated' and 'non-integrated' left-peripheral elements in German and English

Benjamin Shaer, Werner Frey · ZAS Papers in Linguistics · 2004 · 145 citations · Full text

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Towards a typology of discontinuous past marking

Vladimir Plungian, Johan van der Auwera · Language Typology and Universals · 2006 · 114 citations

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Authors

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  1. DO
    Dennis Ott

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  2. KG
    Kilian Gebhardt

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  3. MN
    Mark-Jan Nederhof

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 20 citations

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  4. HV
    Heiko Vogler

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

    2 publications · 20 citations

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  5. GM
    Glyn Morrill

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

    2 publications · 91 citations

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Institutions

40

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    403 citations

  2. Technische Universität Dresden

    Dresden, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    43 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    75 citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  5. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

    Barcelona, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    275 citations

  8. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    3 publications · 330 citations

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  2. Linguistics

    2 publications · 269 citations

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  3. Linguistic Variation Yearbook

    2 publications · 127 citations

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  4. International Conference on Computational Linguistics

    Conference · 2 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Linguistics and Philosophy

    1 publications · 70 citations

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