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Discourse Prominence

Discourse Prominence is a linguistic phenomenon in information structure that identifies a discourse unit as particularly salient or accessible within the discourse model due to its inferential centrality, topical continuity, or structural integration, distinguishing it from less activated or backgrounded elements.

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2017–2026

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Pronouns, Names, and the Centering of Attention in Discourse

Peter C. Gordon, Barbara J. Grosz, Laura A. Gilliom · Cognitive Science · 1993 · 827 citations · Full text

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Centering attention in discourse

Susan E. Brennan · Language and Cognitive Processes · 1995 · 258 citations

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Effects of initial position versus prominence in English

Taehong Cho, Patricia Keating · Journal of Phonetics · 2009 · 215 citations

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Case-Marking Strategies

Helen de Hoop, Andrej Malchukov · Linguistic Inquiry · 2008 · 195 citations · Full text

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Free to Bound to Free? Interactions Between Pragmatics and Syntax in the Development of Australian Pronominal Systems

Ilana Mushin, Jane Simpson · Language · 2008 · 190 citations

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Authors

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  1. MA
    Mathieu Avanzi

    University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    3 publications · 102 citations

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  2. KV
    Klaus von Heusinger

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    3 publications · 153 citations

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  3. SC
    Sofiana Chiriacescu

    University of Stuttgart, Germany

    2 publications · 47 citations

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  4. CF
    Cynthia Fisher

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 169 citations

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  5. AA
    Antoine Auchlin

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    2 publications · 51 citations

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Institutions

80

  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    296 citations

  2. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    453 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    270 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    252 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    200 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    152 citations

  7. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    244 citations

  8. Université Paris Nanterre

    Nanterre, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    135 citations

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  1. Journal of Pragmatics

    4 publications · 198 citations

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  2. Lingua

    3 publications · 173 citations

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  3. Language

    3 publications · 421 citations

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  4. Journal of Memory and Language

    2 publications · 141 citations

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  5. International Journal of Bilingualism

    IJB · 2 publications · 265 citations

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