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Focus particles in German : syntax, prosody, and information structure /

This study explores the grammar of focus particles in German. It gives a thorough description and analysis of focus particle constructions and links their syntactic, semantic, and information structural properties to their prosodic characteristics. The study also shows that focus particles present a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sudhoff, Stefan, 1977-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Collection:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 151.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Focus Particles in German; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and notational conventions; Introduction; Theoretical background; The semantics of focus particles; Focus particles, syntax, and information structure; The scope of focus particles; The prosody of sentences with stressed additive focus particles; Focus particles and contrast; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.