The functional notion of 'topic' or 'topicality' has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume repres…
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authors propose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules flexible enough to allow topics and foci to be expre…
Main description: This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. We propose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules flexible enough to allow topics and foci to…
"This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authorspropose that the syntactic effects of information structure come about as a result of mapping rules flexible enough to allow topics and foci to be expre…
Mapping the left periphery
by Benincà, Paola, Munaro, Nicola
fromOxford studies in comparative syntax
The papers in this volume develop and challenge our understanding of the fine structure of the left periphery, and of the theory of sentence structure in general.
Mapping the left periphery
by Benincà, Paola, Munaro, Nicola
fromCartography of syntactic structures
The papers in this volume develop and challenge our understanding of the fine structure of the left periphery, and of the theory of sentence structure in general.
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Mapping the left periphery
by Benincà, Paola, Munaro, Nicola
fromOxford studies in comparative syntax
The papers in this volume develop and challenge our understanding of the fine structure of the left periphery, and of the theory of sentence structure in general.