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Discourse-driven Word Order

Discourse-Driven Word Order is a syntactic phenomenon in which the linear arrangement of constituents in a sentence is determined primarily by discourse-related factors such as information structure, focus, topic, and pragmatic context rather than by fixed grammatical rules or morphosyntactic agreement.

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2017–2026

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Heaviness vs. newness: The effects of structural complexity and discourse status on constituent ordering

Jennifer E. Arnold, Anthony Losongco, Thomas Wasow et al. · Language · 2000 · 722 citations

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The role of discourse context in the processing of a flexible word-order language

E Kaiser, John C. Trueswell · Cognition · 2004 · 317 citations

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Information status and word order: An analysis of English Inversion

Betty J. Birner · Language · 1994 · 295 citations

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Ordering arguments about: Word order and discourse motivations in the development and use of the ergative marker in two Australian mixed languages

Felicity Meakins, Carmel O’Shannessy · Lingua · 2009 · 223 citations

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On the so-called SOV word order in Mandarin Chinese: A Quantified Text Study and its Implications

Chaofen Sun, Talmy Givón · Language · 1985 · 209 citations

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Authors

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  1. BJ
    Betty J. Birner

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    3 publications · 339 citations

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  2. IS
    Ioanna Sitaridou

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  3. AL
    Anthony Losongco

    2 publications · 879 citations

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  4. JE
    Jennifer E. Arnold

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 879 citations

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  5. RG
    Ryan Ginstrom

    2 publications · 879 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    280 citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    100 citations

  3. Concordia College - Minnesota

    Moorhead, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  4. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    226 citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of New Brunswick

    Fredericton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    634 citations

  8. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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  1. Language

    6 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Lingua

    3 publications · 360 citations

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  3. Applied Psycholinguistics

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. Cognition

    1 publications · 317 citations

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  5. Studies in English Language and Education

    SiELE · 1 publications · 10 citations

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