The expression of information structure [[electronic resource] ] : a documentation of its diversity across Africa / / edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 496 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FiedlerInes
SchwarzAnne |
Collana | Typological studies in language |
Soggetto topico |
African languages - Grammar, Comparative
Focus (Linguistics) Typology (Linguistics) Intonation (Phonetics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-55863-3
9786612558634 90-272-8842-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456732003321 |
Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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The expression of information structure [[electronic resource] ] : a documentation of its diversity across Africa / / edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 496 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FiedlerInes
SchwarzAnne |
Collana | Typological studies in language |
Soggetto topico |
African languages - Grammar, Comparative
Focus (Linguistics) Typology (Linguistics) Intonation (Phonetics) |
ISBN |
1-282-55863-3
9786612558634 90-272-8842-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz -- Information structure marking in Sandawe texts / Helen Eaton -- Topic and focus fields in Naki / Jeff Good -- The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family / Tom Güldemann -- Focus marking in Aghem: syntax or semantics? / Larry M. Hyman -- On the obligatoriness of focus marking: evidence from Tar B'arma / Peggy Jacob -- Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu / Roland Kiessling -- Discourse function of inverted passives in Makua-Marevone narratives / Oliver Kröger -- Topic-focus articulation in Taqbaylit and Tashelhit Berber / Amina Mettouchi and Axel Fleisch -- Focus in Atlantic languages / Stéphane Robert -- Topic and focus construction asymmetry / Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis O. Egbokhare -- Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur / Anne Schwarz -- Why contrast matters: information structure in Gawwada (East Cushitic) / Mauro Tosco -- Focus and the Ejagham verb system / John R. Watters. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781036703321 |
Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The expression of information structure : a documentation of its diversity across Africa / / edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (399 p.) |
Disciplina | 496 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FiedlerInes
SchwarzAnne |
Collana | Typological studies in language |
Soggetto topico |
African languages - Grammar, Comparative
Focus (Linguistics) Typology (Linguistics) Intonation (Phonetics) |
ISBN |
1-282-55863-3
9786612558634 90-272-8842-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz -- Information structure marking in Sandawe texts / Helen Eaton -- Topic and focus fields in Naki / Jeff Good -- The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family / Tom Güldemann -- Focus marking in Aghem: syntax or semantics? / Larry M. Hyman -- On the obligatoriness of focus marking: evidence from Tar B'arma / Peggy Jacob -- Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu / Roland Kiessling -- Discourse function of inverted passives in Makua-Marevone narratives / Oliver Kröger -- Topic-focus articulation in Taqbaylit and Tashelhit Berber / Amina Mettouchi and Axel Fleisch -- Focus in Atlantic languages / Stéphane Robert -- Topic and focus construction asymmetry / Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis O. Egbokhare -- Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur / Anne Schwarz -- Why contrast matters: information structure in Gawwada (East Cushitic) / Mauro Tosco -- Focus and the Ejagham verb system / John R. Watters. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824976203321 |
Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus structure in generative grammar [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated syntactic, semantic and intonational approach / / Carsten Breul |
Autore | Breul Carsten |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
Disciplina | 415/.0182 |
Collana | Linguistic aktuell/linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Focus (Linguistics)
Generative grammar Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Semantics Intonation (Phonetics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4237-6639-3
9786612254451 90-272-9560-3 1-282-25445-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449889903321 |
Breul Carsten | ||
Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus structure in generative grammar [[electronic resource] ] : an integrated syntactic, semantic and intonational approach / / Carsten Breul |
Autore | Breul Carsten |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
Disciplina | 415/.0182 |
Collana | Linguistic aktuell/linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Focus (Linguistics)
Generative grammar Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Semantics Intonation (Phonetics) |
ISBN |
1-4237-6639-3
9786612254451 90-272-9560-3 1-282-25445-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777386903321 |
Breul Carsten | ||
Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus structure in generative grammar : an integrated syntactic, semantic and intonational approach / / Carsten Breul |
Autore | Breul Carsten |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
Disciplina | 415/.0182 |
Collana | Linguistic aktuell/linguistics today |
Soggetto topico |
Focus (Linguistics)
Generative grammar Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax Semantics Intonation (Phonetics) |
ISBN |
1-4237-6639-3
9786612254451 90-272-9560-3 1-282-25445-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Focus Structure in Generative Grammar -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Abbrevations -- 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The syntactic framework and the FocP-hypothesis -- 2.1. Basic assumptions about phrase and clause structure -- 2.1.1. Phrase structure -- 2.1.2. Clause structure -- 2.2. The FocP-hypothesis -- 2.2.1. The syntactic and semantic-pragmatic perspectives -- 2.2.2. The intonational perspective -- 2.2.3. Where do the [±foc]-features come from? -- 3. A review of previous work -- 3.1. On information structure -- 3.2. On fronting (preposing, `topicalisation') -- 4. Information structure and focus structure -- 4.1. Focus structure as a component of information structure -- 4.2. Constraints on focus structure -- 4.2.1. A discourse constraint -- 4.2.2. A processing constraint -- 5. Features, checking theory and semantic implications -- 5.1. Features and checking theory -- 5.2. Semantic implications and applications -- 6. Intonational aspects of the FocP-hypothesis -- 6.1. The principles of i-focus projection -- 6.2. Supplementing the principles of i-focus projection -- 6.3. Pitch accents -- 6.4. Conclusion: The relation between i-focus and [±foc]-features -- 7. FocP-related English syntax -- 7.1. Introductory remarks -- 7.1.1. What is meant by `FocP-related syntax'? -- 7.1.2. Remarks on conditions of movement -- 7.1.3. Remarks on binding and co-reference -- 7.2. XP-movement to spec-Foc of root clauses -- 7.2.1. Declarative root clauses -- 7.2.2. Interrogative root clauses -- 7.2.3. Aux-support for downward-entailing fronted XPs in root clauses -- 7.2.4. Full inversion in root clauses -- 7.2.5. Multiple fronting in root clauses -- 7.2.6. Movement to root spec-Foc from an embedded clause -- 7.3. XP-movement to spec-Foc of embedded clauses -- 7.3.1. Embedded clauses and focus structure.
7.3.2. Embedded declarative clauses -- 7.3.3. Embedded interrogative clauses -- 7.3.4. Relative clauses -- 7.3.5. Aux-support for downward-entailing fronted XPs in embedded clauses -- 7.4. XP-movement to both root and embedded spec-Foc -- 7.5. Mitigated that-trace effects -- 7.6. Conclusion -- 8. Semantic issues related to the FocP-hypothesis -- 8.1. The syntax-semantics/pragmatics interface -- 8.1.1. Context-dependent truth conditions -- 8.1.2. The (basically) Montagovian perspective -- 8.1.3. A (basically) Davidsonian revision -- 8.2. Conceptual and type-semantic considerations -- 8.2.1. Referentiality, (in)definiteness, and (non-)specificity -- 8.2.2. Type-semantic issues concerning non-nominal expressions in spec-Foc -- 8.2.3. Ambiguity and vagueness -- 8.3. Semantic effects of focus structure -- 8.3.1. Some more `plain' cases -- 8.3.2. Focus structure instead of QR -- 8.3.3. Some more cases with quantificational expressions involved -- 8.3.4. Weak crossover effects -- 8.4. Conclusion -- 9. Aspects of the syntax of languages other than English -- 9.1. Other languages in general -- 9.1.1. Constituent order variations in general -- 9.1.2. Cross-linguistic variations concerning topic and identificational height 8pt depth 3pt width 0ptto.23cmfocus XPs -- 9.2. German -- 9.2.1. Clause structure -- 9.2.2. Scrambling -- 9.2.3. Some specifically German types of XP-fronting (and related issues) -- 9.2.4. Some remaining problems and questions -- 9.3. Conclusion -- 10. Summary and general conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813561203321 |
Breul Carsten | ||
Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information structure : theoretical and empirical aspects / / edited by Anita Steube |
Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SteubeAnita |
Collana | Language, Context and Cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Focus (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment Intonation (Phonetics) Semantics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 3-11-090589-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Degrees of Contrast and the Topic-Focus Articulation / Hajičová, Eva / Sgall, Petr -- Information Structure and Modular Grammar / Steube, Anita / Alter, Kai / Späth, Andreas -- Negative Descriptions of Events: Semantic and Conceptual Aspects of Sentence Negation and its Relevance for Information Structure / Späth, Andreas / Trautwein, Martin -- Two Types of Contrastive Topics? / Gyuris, Beáta -- Information Structure - Two-dimensionally Explicated / Max, Ingolf -- Topic Constraints in the German Middlefield / Haftka, Brigitta -- Contrastive Word Stress in Vedic Endo- and Exocentric Compounds / Lühr, Rosemarie -- Towards a Scalar Notion of Information Structural Markedness / Weskott, Thomas -- Prosody in Dialogues and Single Sentences: How Prosody can influence Speech Perception / Hruska, Claudia / Alter, Kai -- On the Independence of Information Structural Processing from Prosody / Toepel, Ulrike / Alter, Kai -- The Prosodic Pattern of Contrastive Accent in Russian / Mehlhorn, Grit -- Focus Structure and the Processing of Word Order Variations in German / Stolterfoht, Britta / Bader, Markus -- International Patterns in Contrast and Concession / Umbach, Carla / Mleinek, Ina / Lehmann, Christine / Weskott, Thomas / Alter, Kai / Steube, Anita -- Prosody in Contrast / Fehrmann, Dorothee -- Short Portraits of the Authors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464146103321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information structure : theoretical and empirical aspects / / edited by Anita Steube |
Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SteubeAnita |
Collana | Language, Context and Cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Focus (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment Intonation (Phonetics) Semantics |
ISBN | 3-11-090589-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Degrees of Contrast and the Topic-Focus Articulation / Hajičová, Eva / Sgall, Petr -- Information Structure and Modular Grammar / Steube, Anita / Alter, Kai / Späth, Andreas -- Negative Descriptions of Events: Semantic and Conceptual Aspects of Sentence Negation and its Relevance for Information Structure / Späth, Andreas / Trautwein, Martin -- Two Types of Contrastive Topics? / Gyuris, Beáta -- Information Structure - Two-dimensionally Explicated / Max, Ingolf -- Topic Constraints in the German Middlefield / Haftka, Brigitta -- Contrastive Word Stress in Vedic Endo- and Exocentric Compounds / Lühr, Rosemarie -- Towards a Scalar Notion of Information Structural Markedness / Weskott, Thomas -- Prosody in Dialogues and Single Sentences: How Prosody can influence Speech Perception / Hruska, Claudia / Alter, Kai -- On the Independence of Information Structural Processing from Prosody / Toepel, Ulrike / Alter, Kai -- The Prosodic Pattern of Contrastive Accent in Russian / Mehlhorn, Grit -- Focus Structure and the Processing of Word Order Variations in German / Stolterfoht, Britta / Bader, Markus -- International Patterns in Contrast and Concession / Umbach, Carla / Mleinek, Ina / Lehmann, Christine / Weskott, Thomas / Alter, Kai / Steube, Anita -- Prosody in Contrast / Fehrmann, Dorothee -- Short Portraits of the Authors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788703903321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information structure : theoretical and empirical aspects / / edited by Anita Steube |
Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 415 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SteubeAnita |
Collana | Language, Context and Cognition |
Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Focus (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment Intonation (Phonetics) Semantics |
ISBN | 3-11-090589-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Degrees of Contrast and the Topic-Focus Articulation / Hajičová, Eva / Sgall, Petr -- Information Structure and Modular Grammar / Steube, Anita / Alter, Kai / Späth, Andreas -- Negative Descriptions of Events: Semantic and Conceptual Aspects of Sentence Negation and its Relevance for Information Structure / Späth, Andreas / Trautwein, Martin -- Two Types of Contrastive Topics? / Gyuris, Beáta -- Information Structure - Two-dimensionally Explicated / Max, Ingolf -- Topic Constraints in the German Middlefield / Haftka, Brigitta -- Contrastive Word Stress in Vedic Endo- and Exocentric Compounds / Lühr, Rosemarie -- Towards a Scalar Notion of Information Structural Markedness / Weskott, Thomas -- Prosody in Dialogues and Single Sentences: How Prosody can influence Speech Perception / Hruska, Claudia / Alter, Kai -- On the Independence of Information Structural Processing from Prosody / Toepel, Ulrike / Alter, Kai -- The Prosodic Pattern of Contrastive Accent in Russian / Mehlhorn, Grit -- Focus Structure and the Processing of Word Order Variations in German / Stolterfoht, Britta / Bader, Markus -- International Patterns in Contrast and Concession / Umbach, Carla / Mleinek, Ina / Lehmann, Christine / Weskott, Thomas / Alter, Kai / Steube, Anita -- Prosody in Contrast / Fehrmann, Dorothee -- Short Portraits of the Authors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823419103321 |
Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , [2004] | ||
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Intonation and prosodic structure / / Caroline Féry |
Autore | Féry Caroline |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 414/.6 |
Collana | Key topics in phonology |
Soggetto topico |
Intonation (Phonetics)
Prosodic analysis (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology Structural linguistics |
ISBN |
1-316-83901-X
1-316-83985-0 1-316-83999-0 1-107-40038-4 1-139-02206-7 1-316-84013-1 1-316-84027-1 1-316-84069-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162800103321 |
Féry Caroline | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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