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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Neeleman, Ad
• Vermeulen, Reiko

Titel

The Syntax of Topic, Focus, and Contrast: An Interface-based Approach

Auflage

1. Aufl.

Ort / Verlag

Germany: De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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 expressed in a variety of positions, but strict enough to capture certain cross-linguistic generalisations about their distribution. Syntactic and semantic evidence from a range of languages are discussed. Ad Neeleman, University College London, London, UK; Reiko Vermeulen, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.