Aspects of the Grammar of Focus : A Minimalist View Paperback / softback
by Przemyslaw Tajsner
Part of the Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature series
Paperback / softback
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The book examines the aspects of focus within the recent minimalist paradigm.
Focus is viewed here as a grammar’s response to the requirements of the systems external to (narrowly defined) language.
Thus, the properties of focus are explored at the two interfaces: syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics.
The book surveys some recent views on the interface and left-periphery status of focus.
With respect to the semantics of focus, the book argues for its tripartite division into: information, non-exhaustive identification, and exhaustive identification.
It further contains a proposal of the phase-based derivation of sentences featuring focus in English, and finally, offers an account of Polish, in which focus interestingly correlates with the phenomenon of scrambling.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:398 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:22/07/2008
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- ISBN:9783631579558
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:398 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:22/07/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631579558
