Information structure [[electronic resource] ] : the syntax-discourse interface / / Nomi Erteschik-Shir

• Autore: Erteschik-Shir Nomi
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment; Focus (Linguistics); Discourse analysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-236) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Architectures and Information Structure Inventory; 3. Configurations; 4. Information Structure Constraints; 5. Aspectual Focus; 6. The Division of Labor between Syntax and IS; References; Index of terms; Language Index; Index of authors
• Sommario/riassunto: This introduction to information structure discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines whether information structure maps onto syntax, and if so how. The topics covered include definitions of topic and focus, architectures of grammar, information structure, word order, the lexicon and information structure interface, and cognitive aspects of information structure. This book will appeal to graduate students of syntax and semantics in. departments of linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science. - ;This introduction to the role of information
• Titolo autorizzato: Information structure
• ISBN: 9786611164263; 1-281-16426-7; 0-19-153229-0; 1-4294-7067-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451617003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.; Oxford surveys in syntax and morphology ; ; 3.