1.Definite article.
2.Word order.
In accordance with the formal means of expressing
the ADS, sentences
are divided into:
1)First-order
– begin the discourse or follow one another in its developing the
idea expressed in the previous sentence; speaker suppose that the
information is understood correctly
-Special
word order (inversion):
On
the right
was a small public park with a fountain.
-Constructions
with introducers:
It
was Bosinney,
who first noticed her.
-Constructions
with articles and other determiners:.
This
map will do. vs
Any
map will do.
2)Second-order
– occurs when the speaker believes that he’s misunderstood;
imitates structure of the sentence it’s contrasted with
-Special
intonation contours:
Come
in. I'll tell Ted, you
are here.
