Focus in generative grammar / / by Michael S. Rochemont

• Autore: Rochemont Michael S (Michael Shaun), <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Generative grammar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Focus in generative grammar
• ISBN: 9786613092991; 90-272-8633-7; 1-283-09299-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955895903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SIGLA ; ; 4.