The Expression of Information Structure: 5 (The Expression of Cognitive Categories [ECC]) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3110261642 ISBN 13: 9783110261646

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

Synopsis

The book reports on the present state of the theoretical presentation, empirical investigation, psycholinguistic aspects and acquisition of information structure, and computation. It also provides descriptions of the information structural encoding strategies of individual languages of different types. The book can be used as a textbook appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses.

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Review

" The Expression of Information Structure discusses the most important issues and offers a rich overview of the most significant studies. [...] the volume provides the reader with useful methodological tools to undertake these kinds of investigation."Jacopo Torregrossa in: Linguist List 24.1765"

About the Author

Manfred Krifka, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany; Renate Musan, University of Osnabruck, Germany."

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110261642
• ISBN 13: 9783110261646
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Krifka Manfred, Musan Renate