Comparative and Contrastive Studies of Information Structure: 165 (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027255482 ISBN 13: 9789027255488

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2010

Synopsis

This volume presents original comparative and contrastive research into various aspects of information structure (topic, focus, contrastivity, givenness, anaphoricity) as well as into forms and structures whose realisation depends on information-structural factors (clefts, dislocations, reflexives, null subjects, prosodic features, interrogatives) in a number of different languages (Catalan, English, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian). Each contribution emphasises differences or commonalities between the languages under investigation with respect to the realisation of information structural categories or with respect to the information structural implications of a given form or structure. The specific comparative-contrastive perspective of the volume makes a substantial contribution towards a better understanding of language specific and universal aspects of information structure. It raises significant questions and provides solutions for the formal representation and the functional properties of information structural categories.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027255482
• ISBN 13: 9789027255488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Breul Carsten, Göbbel Edward