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Books: Linguistic Theories/Semantics/Syntax: Molnár, Winkler (Eds)
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1. Julia
Ulrich,
The Architecture of Focus: Molnár, Winkler (Eds)
Message 1: The Architecture of Focus: Molnár, Winkler (Eds)
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Date: 18-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: The Architecture of Focus: Molnár, Winkler (Eds)
Title: The Architecture of Focus
Series Title: Studies in Generative Grammar 82
Published: 2006
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110185784-1&l=E
Editor: Valéria Molnár, Lund University
Editor: Susanne Winkler, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Hardback: ISBN: 3110185784 Pages: 617 Price: Europe EURO 98.00 Comment: for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 137.20
Abstract:
This collection investigates the architecture of focus in linguistic theory
from different theoretical perspectives. Research on focus and information
structure in the last four decades has shown that the phenomenon of focus
is highly complex, the theoretical approaches manifold, and the data highly
sensitive. The main emphasis has been placed on the integration of the
notion of focus in generative grammar. In recent years, however, the
approaches to focus and information structure underwent a radical change in
perspective.
The theoretical concept of focus, its related terms and phenomena became
the object of research. Along with it, the research questions shifted:
instead of locating focus in the architecture of grammar, linguists
investigate the architecture of focus itself. The central underlying idea
of this collection is to document this change in perspective with the aim
of isolating essential keystones and research areas in both the theoretical
and empirical domain. The book is structured accordingly. Following the
introduction, there are four main sections: The general section discusses
the theoretical foundations of focus within grammar. The second section
hosts papers which investigate the representation of focus and topic at the
syntax-pragmatics interface. The third section discusses the phonological
representation of focus and its relation to meaning. The papers of the
final section investigate different types of focus constructions in a
variety languages. The collection of papers on the architecture of focus,
its interpretation and representation mirror the establishment of the focus
research field.
Contents
Exploring the architecture of focus in grammar
Susanne Winkler and Valeria Molnar
Part 1: Theoretical foundations of focus and information structure
On the Architecture of topic and focus
Nomi Erteschik-Shir
Topic, focus and the structural dynamics of language
Ruth Kempson, Ronny Cann, Jieun Kiaer
On the (in)dependence relation between syntax and pragmatics
Joao Costa and Maria Cristina Figueiredo Silva
Association with focus phrases
Manfred Krifka
Focus as identification
István Kenesei
Focussing as predication
Katalin É Kiss
Part 2: The representation of focus, topic and contrast at the
syntax-pragmatics interface
On different kinds of contrast
Valeria Molnar
Contrast and movement to the German prefield
Werner Frey
Noncanonical negation and information structure in Finnish
Elsi Kaiser
Double Negation and information structure: Somewhere between topic and focus
Genoveva Puskas
Part 3: The phonological representation of focus, topic and contrast and
its relation to meaning
Focus projection and default prominence
Daniel Büring
Focus on contrast and emphasis: Evidence from prosody
Nicole Richter and Grit Mehlhorn
Topic-focus controversies
Nancy Hedberg
Part 4: Focus-related constructions in different languages
Ellipsis at the interfaces: An information-structural proposal
Susanne Winkler
Elliptical dass-clauses in German
Kerstin Schwabe
On the discourse impact of subordinate clauses
André Meinunger
The influence of operators on the interpretation of DPs and PPs in German
information structure
Anita Steube
Clefts in English and Norwegian: Implications for the grammar-pragmatics
interface
Jeanette K. Gundel
The complex functions of it-clefts
Stefan Huber
Focus constructions in Hausa
Katharina Hartmann
Linguistic Field(s):
Linguistic Theories
Semantics
Syntax
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Finnish (fin)
German, Standard (deu)
Hausa (hau)
Norwegian, Nynorsk (nno)
Written In: English (eng )
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