Antonym(s):

• foreground

Source(s):

Pike, K. 198331
TRASK 199326-27 (backgrounding)
WALES 198946
PIKE & PIKE 1982240
RICHARDS etal. 1992149-150

• PIKE, Kenneth L. (1983) "Grammar versus Reference in the Analysis of Discourse," in Bearth, T. (ed.), Perspectives dans l'analyse du discours. ILA-SIL, no.6. 23-41
• TRASK, R. L. (1993) A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. New York: Routledge.
• WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman. 
• PIKE, Kenneth L. & PIKE, Evelyn G. (1982) Grammatical Analysis. Dallas: SIL & UTA.
• RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.

Domain:

Discourse Analysis

Pragmatics