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Syntax of topic, focus, and contrast : an interface-based approach /

"This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authorspropose 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 variet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Neeleman, Ad, Vermeulen, Reiko
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2012.
Colección:Studies in generative grammar ; 113.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The syntactic expression of information structure / Ad Neeleman and Reiko Vermeulen
  • Towards a unified encoding of contrast and scope / Ad Neeleman and Hans van de Koot
  • Word order variation and information structure in Japanese and Korean / Reiko Vermeulen
  • Encoding focus and contrast in Russian / Elena Titov
  • Against FP analyses of clefts / Matthew Reeve
  • Focus movement can be destressing, but it need not be / Kriszta Szendröi
  • Types of focus and their Interaction with negation / Ad Neeleman and Reiko Vermeulen
  • Concluding remarks / Ad Neeleman and Reiko Vermeulen
  • References
  • Index.