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1、AsherondiscoursetopicHENKZEEVATNickAsher’spapercontainsaseriesofthought-provokinganalysesanddiscussionsofquestionsinwhichdiscoursetopicmaybeplayingarole.ItisnotveryeasytopinAsherdowntoaglobalpositionontheexistenceofdiscoursetopics,ontheirnatureorontheprecisequestionstowhic
2、hdiscoursetopicshouldcontribute.Thisisverysane,givenourpoorunderstandingofsomeoftheissuesandthetentativenatureoftheex-planationsproposed.ThepaperattheveryleastcontributestoabetterunderstandingoftheroleofdiscoursetopicsinSDRT,bynowthemostdevelopedframeworkfortheunderstandin
3、gofcoherenceintextanddia-loguewheninterpretingtext.Buttomymind,italsoformulatesusefulsuggestionsaboutbadlyunderstoodphenomenaandraisesgoodques-tionsthatneedtobeaddressedinfutureresearch.InthesecommentsIwanttoaddressthequestionwhatdiscoursetopiccouldbe,saysomethingaboutthea
4、nalysisofcontrastivetopics(insomecases),about‘‘or’’andalsosomethingaboutprotagonistsandanaphora.DiscoursetopicUnlikecontrastivetopicsandsentencetopics,discoursetopicsarenottiedtointonationalorsyntacticphenomenainnaturallanguage.Theyariseinthinkingaboutconnectedlargerchunks
5、oftextanddialogue.Whereasequenceofsentencesisconnectedbycoordinatingrelations,itisnaturaltothinkofthosesentencescarryingonthebusinessoftheirpredecessorsanditwouldseemthatdiscoursetopicsareacharacterisa-tionofwhatthatbusinessis.OnewayofconceivingofadiscoursetopicTheoretical
6、Linguistics30(2004),203–2110301–4428/04/0030–02036WalterdeGruyter204HenkZeevatisasaquestionthatthesentencesjointlyanswer,anotherwayofthinkingaboutitisasastatementthatsubsumesalltheinformationthatisstatedinthedi¤erentparts.Inthefirstview,thebusinessofthetextistoanswertheques
7、tion,possiblybysplittingupthequestioninsubquestions,andpossiblybymakingclearthatcertainsubquestionsremainunanswered.Thebusinessincludesansweringfurtherquestionsthatarisewhileanswer-ingthequestionoritssubquestions.Inthesecondview,thebusinessofthetextistheelaborationofthetop
8、ic,i.e.thespecificationofthepartsofthediscoursetopicthatneedtobespecifiedbecausetheyareunkn
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