Format:
Online-Ressource (XXIV, 632 S.)
ISBN:
9783110892222
Series Statement:
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] 20-8
Content:
The volume is a collection of papers reporting the results of investigations on the interaction of discourse and sentence structure in the languages of Europe. The subjects discussed in the book include: morphosyntactic characteristics of spontaneous spoken texts; different patterns of word order in a pragmatic perspective; the coding of the pragmatic functions topic and focus in sentences with non-canonical word orders (e.g. dislocations, clefts); the range of functions of verb-subject order in declarative clauses and the notion of theticity; prosodic patterns of de-accenting of given information; deixis and anaphora; coding of definiteness and article systems. The book provides the empirical basis for the comparative survey of major phenomena found in the languages of Europe which have pragmatic relevance. Beside traditional areas of investigation at the interface between syntax and pragmatics such as dislocations, new areas are explored, such as the prosody of given information. Data are considered within a functional-typological approach.
Content:
Review text: "The rich empirical data collected in this volume will undoubtelly make it attractive to researchers interested in cross-linguistic variation, information structure, and corpus study."H. Wind Cowles in: Folia Linguistica 41/2007
Content:
Biographical note: Giuliano Bernini is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bergamo, Italy. Marcia L. Schwartz is affiliated with the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.. - The volume is a collection of papers reporting the results of investigations on the interaction of discourse and sentence structure in the languages of Europe. The subjects discussed in the book include: morphosyntactic characteristics of spontaneous spoken texts; different patterns of word order in a pragmatic perspective; the coding of the pragmatic functions topic and focus in sentences with non-canonical word orders (e.g. dislocations, clefts); the range of functions of verb-subject order in declarative clauses and the notion of theticity; prosodic patterns of de-accenting of given information; deixis and anaphora; coding of definiteness and article systems. The book provides the empirical basis for the comparative survey of major phenomena found in the languages of Europe which have pragmatic relevance. Beside traditional areas of investigation at the interface between syntax and pragmatics such as dislocations, new areas are explored, such as the prosody of given information. Data are considered within a functional-typological approach.. - Review text: "The rich empirical data collected in this volume will undoubtelly make it attractive to researchers interested in cross-linguistic variation, information structure, and corpus study."H. Wind Cowles in: Folia Linguistica 41/2007
Note:
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110157536
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pragmatic organization of discourse in the languages of Europe Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2006 ISBN 3110157535
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110157536
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pragmatic organization of discourse in the languages of Europe
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Diskursanalyse
;
Pragmatik
;
Kontrastive Linguistik
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1515/9783110892222
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