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On information structure, meaning and form : generalizations across languages /

This collection of articles offers a new and compelling perspective on the interface connecting syntax, phonology, semantics and pragmatics. At the core of this volume is the hypothesis that information structure represents the common interface of these grammatical components. Information structure...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schwabe, Kerstin, Winkler, Susanne, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 100.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • On Information Structure, Meaning and Form; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; On information structure, meaning and form; Information structure and grammar; Phases and the typology of focus constructions*; Topics and topicalization across languages; The prosody of topicalization*; Types of topics in German and Italian*; The Korean particle nun, the English fall-rise accent and thetic/categorical judgements*; Topicalization and null arguments in Malagasy, Tagalog and Tsou*; Focus(ing) from a typological perspective.