UID:
edocfu_9958353397302883
Format:
1 online resource (314p.)
ISBN:
9781614511458
Series Statement:
Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; 113
Content:
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authors propose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules flexible enough to allow topics and foci to be expressed in a variety of positions, but strict enough to capture certain cross-linguistic generalisations about their distribution. Syntactic and semantic evidence from a range of languages are discussed.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Table of Contents --
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Chapter 1. The Syntactic Expression of Information Structure --
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Chapter 2. Towards a Unified Encoding of Contrast and Scope --
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Chapter 3. Word order variation and information structure in Japanese and Korean --
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Chapter 4. Encoding focus and contrast in Russian --
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Chapter 5. Against FP Analyses of Clefts --
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Chapter 6. Focus movement can be destressing, but it need not be --
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Chapter 7. Types of Focus and their Interaction with Negation --
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Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-1-61451-156-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781614511458
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511458
