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UNINA9910955895903321 |
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Autore |
Rochemont Michael S (Michael Shaun), <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Focus in generative grammar / / by Michael S. Rochemont |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 |
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9786613092991 |
90-272-8633-7 |
1-283-09299-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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FOCUS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1. Accent and Focus; Chapter 2. The Interpretation of Focus; Chapter 3. The Representation of Focus; Chapter 4. Constructional Focus; Chapter 5. Cleft Focus; Chapter 6. Summary; FOOTNOTES; References; The series STUDIES IN GENERATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The topic of this book is the notion of 'focus' and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with - in English at least - a certain systematic phonological interpretation and - presumably universally - a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, t |
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