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Date Posted: 13:13:09 08/31/07 Fri
Author: Vânia Barreto
Subject: Re: Exophoric reference
In reply to: Érika 's message, "Exophoric reference" on 13:58:24 08/30/07 Thu

>Érika,
I thought that very interesting too.I didn't know about that either and, as the author says: the use of IT, THIS and THAT is still an unconcluded issue.
However, as conventional grammars do not give satisfactory descriptions of such usage, discourse analysis helps us to recognise a number of strategic choices the writer/speaker face to present his/her speech; since "good discourse analysis recognises the links between discourse organisation and grammatical choice".
So, again, as you had said before, the ststement:"many unanswered grammatical questions can be resolved at the discourse level"is completely true.
Well, I hope I could make myself clear.
By the way, was my choice of using "THAT",at the very beginning of my sentence right or wrong?

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