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Left Sentence Peripheries in Spanish : Diachronic, Variationist and Comparative Perspectives.

The aim of this paper is to describe the syntax and semantics of Focus Fronting (FF) constructions in a range of Romance languages, including both regional and diachronic varieties, in order to reclassify these constructions on the basis of a common comparative ground. I shall begin with a look at s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dufter, Andreas, Octavio de Toledo, Álvaro S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today ; Volueme 214.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to describe the syntax and semantics of Focus Fronting (FF) constructions in a range of Romance languages, including both regional and diachronic varieties, in order to reclassify these constructions on the basis of a common comparative ground. I shall begin with a look at some Sardinian data, mostly already presented in earlier research literature, since this Romance language uses FF in more contexts than other Modern Romance varieties. Sardinian not only employs FF with argumental and adjunct constituents, but also with predicates. Moreover, Sardinian FF does not nec.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:9789027270290
9027270295
9781306977586
1306977584