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The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Rebuschi, Georges, Tuller, Laurice
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 24.
Subjects:
Focus (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Focus (Linguistique)
Grammaire comparée et générale.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • THE GRAMMAR OF FOCUS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; The Grammar of Focus An Introduction; Aspects of the Syntax of Focus in Portuguese; Bound Focus or How can Association with Focus be Achieved without Going Semantically Astray?; Are There Cleft Sentences in French?; Focus Structure and Scope; The Interaction between Focus and Tone in Bantu; The Syntax of the P-Focus Position in Turkish; Word Order and Focus Positions in Universal Grammar; Focus in Wolof: A Study of What Morphology May Do to Syntax; Focus in Somali; Focus in Basque; Focus and Arabic Clefts.

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