Date: 30-Jun-2006 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Topic and Focus: Lee, Gordon, Büring (Eds)
Title: Topic and Focus
Subtitle: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Meaning and Intonation
Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Published: 2006
Publisher: Springer
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Editor: Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University
Editor: Matthew Gordon, University of California, Santa Barbara
Editor: Daniel Büring, University of California, Los Angeles
Hardback: ISBN: 1402047959 Pages: 295 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1402047959 Pages: 295 Price: U.S. $ 129.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1402047959 Pages: 295 Price: U.K. £ 77.00
Abstract:
The book Includes a diverse set of perspectives from some of the leading scholars in the areas of semantics and intonation. It is unique in the breadth of its coverage of the topic and focus phenomena. Material is presented from nine languages
This book contains a collection of papers exploring the cross-linguistic expression of topic and focus. A diverse set of perspectives from some of the leading scholars in the areas of semantics and intonation are represented in the collection, which is based on papers presented at the Topic and Focus Workshop at the 2001 LSA Summer Institute in Santa Barbara. This book is unique in the breadth of its typological coverage of topic and focus phenomena. Material is presented from nine languages, including several that are severely under-documented from a theoretical perspective.
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