The Expression of Information Structure: A Documentation of Its Diversity Across Africa - Couverture rigide

 
9789027206725: The Expression of Information Structure: A Documentation of Its Diversity Across Africa
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ISBN 10 : 9027206724 ISBN 13 : 9789027206725
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2010

Synopsis

This book analyzes the different patterns found across subsaharan Africa to express information structure. Based on languages from all four African language phyla, it documents the great diversity of linguistic means used to encode information-structural phenomena and is therefore highly relevant for some of the most pertinent questions in modern linguistic theory. The special contribution of this volume is the perspective on a variety of information-structurally related phenomena which go far beyond classical notions such as focus and topic. Detailed investigations are dedicated to so far less discussed focal subcategories, like focus on verbal operators or the thetic-categorical distinction. Finally, the information-structural configuration of unmarked, canonical sentence structures is recognized. The papers provide evidence that the formal means to encode information-structural categories range from means such as morphological markers or syntactic operations, famous in linguistics, to less well-known strategies, such as defocalization rather than focalization.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book analyzes the different patterns found across subsaharan Africa to express information structure. Based on languages from all four African language phyla, it documents the great diversity of linguistic means used to encode information-structural phenomena and is therefore highly relevant for some of the most pertinent questions in modern linguistic theory. The special contribution of this volume is the perspective on a variety of information-structurally related phenomena which go far beyond classical notions such as focus and topic. Detailed investigations are dedicated to so far less discussed focal subcategories, like focus on verbal operators or the thetic-categorical distinction. Finally, the information-structural configuration of unmarked, canonical sentence structures is recognized. The papers provide evidence that the formal means to encode information-structural categories range from means such as morphological markers or syntactic operations, famous in linguistics, to less well-known strategies, such as defocalization rather than focalization.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027206724
ISBN 13 
9789027206725
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
400
Éditeur
Fiedler Ines, Schwarz Anne
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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