Right Node Raising and Gapping: Interface conditions on prosodic deletion - Couverture rigide

Hartmann, Katharina

 
9789027225719: Right Node Raising and Gapping: Interface conditions on prosodic deletion
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027225710 ISBN 13 : 9789027225719
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2001

Synopsis

This book investigates two elliptical coordinations in German, Right Node Raising and Gapping. Ellipsis in both constructions is claimed to be the result of a phonological process which is conditioned by prosodic and focus semantic constraints. It is convincingly argued that Right Node Raising cannot involve raising to the right periphery: The alleged movement freely violates any of the well-known restrictions on syntactic movement and it does not alter the scope relations within the coordination. Gapping in contrast is more sensitive to syntactic conditions in that its remnants must be major syntactic constituents. The author carefully examines the close connection between focus and ellipsis in the two constructions. A considered discussion of focus structure demonstrates that the conjuncts are informationally dependent on each other. This co-dependence is also reflected in their particular intonational contour which is argued to be responsible for ellipsis in coordination.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book investigates two elliptical coordinations in German, Right Node Raising and Gapping. Ellipsis in both constructions is claimed to be the result of a phonological process which is conditioned by prosodic and focus semantic constraints. It is convincingly argued that Right Node Raising cannot involve raising to the right periphery: The alleged movement freely violates any of the well-known restrictions on syntactic movement and it does not alter the scope relations within the coordination. Gapping in contrast is more sensitive to syntactic conditions in that its remnants must be major syntactic constituents. The author carefully examines the close connection between focus and ellipsis in the two constructions. A considered discussion of focus structure demonstrates that the conjuncts are informationally dependent on each other. This co-dependence is also reflected in their particular intonational contour which is argued to be responsible for ellipsis in coordination.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027225710
ISBN 13 
9789027225719
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1556199848 ISBN 13 :  9781556199844
Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 2001
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