discontinuative

English

Adjective

discontinuative (not comparable)

(linguistics) Indicating discontinuation.
- 2010, Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz, The Expression of Information Structure:
  In narratives, discontinuative predicate focus is used when there is a topic shift, or when two referents are contrasted.

Translations

lingustics: indicating discontinuation

Finnish: epäjatkuva, diskontinuatiivinen

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