Information Structure and its Interfaces

The volume presents recent results in the field of Information Structure based on research on Italian and Italian dialects, and on further studies on several typologically different languages. The central idea is that Information Structure is not an exclusive matter of syntax but an interface issue...

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Hlavní autor: Mereu, Lunella
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Germany De Gruyter 2009
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De Gruyter, Inc
De Gruyter Mouton
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Edice:Interface Explorations [IE]
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ISBN:9783110213973, 3110213974, 9783110208771, 3110208776
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  • Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Topic accent and prosodic structure -- The prosodic annotation of C-ORAL-ROM and the structure of information in spoken language -- Universals of information structure -- Constructions with preposed infinitive: Typological and pragmatic notes -- Negation and «Focus Clash» in Sardinian -- Do-support in a Sicilian variety, an Italian pseudo-cleft, and the packaging of information -- Clitics and anaphoric relations in informational patterning: A corpus-driven research on spontaneous spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM) -- The informational structure and the scope of lexical modality in spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM) -- On two functions of verb-subject order in Old Italian -- Between thematicity and grammaticalisation: The diachronic rearrangement of information structure and the position of clitic pronouns in Italian -- Information structure in Slavic languages -- Position, function and interpretation of topics in Somali -- Acquiring the grammar of topicality in L2 Italian: A comparative approach -- Appendix" or "postposed Topic": Where does the difference lie? -- Backmatter
  • Contents --
  • Antonietta Scarano --
  • Ludwig Fesenmeier --
  • On two functions of verb-subject order in Old Italian
  • Section 2. Grammar and information structure in Italian and some of its dialects --
  • Acknowledgements --
  • Section 3. Diachronic aspects in Italian --
  • Section 1. Interfaces of information structure --
  • Franck Floricic --
  • Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri --
  • Ida Tucci --
  • Introduction --
  • Clitics and anaphoric relations in informational patterning: A corpus-driven research on spontaneous spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM)
  • Mara Frascarelli, Annarita Puglielli --
  • The informational structure and the scope of lexical modality in spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM)
  • The prosodic annotation of C-ORAL-ROM and the structure of information in spoken language
  • Do-support in a Sicilian variety, an Italian pseudo-cleft, and the packaging of information
  • Acquiring the grammar of topicality in L2 Italian: A comparative approach
  • Marina Chini --
  • Between thematicity and grammaticalisation: The diachronic rearrangement of information structure and the position of clitic pronouns in Italian
  • Position, function and interpretation of topics in Somali
  • Claudia Crocco --
  • Information structure in Slavic languages
  • Lunella Mereu --
  • Giuliano Bernini --
  • Negation and «Focus Clash» in Sardinian
  • Section 4. Pragmatically oriented languages --
  • Section 5. Some more aspects of information structure --
  • Backmatter
  • Lucyna Gebert --
  • Emanuela Cresti --
  • Ignazio Mauro Mirto --
  • Shingo Suzuki --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Constructions with preposed infinitive: Typological and pragmatic notes
  • Appendix” or “postposed Topic”: Where does the difference lie?
  • Topic accent and prosodic structure
  • Universals of information structure