Aspects of the Grammar of Focus
A Minimalist View
©2008
Monographs
II,
398 Pages
Series:
Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature, Volume 24
Summary
The book examines the aspects of focus within the recent minimalist paradigm. Focus is viewed here as a grammar’s response to the requirements of the systems external to (narrowly defined) language. Thus, the properties of focus are explored at the two interfaces: syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics. The book surveys some recent views on the interface and left-periphery status of focus. With respect to the semantics of focus, the book argues for its tripartite division into: information, non-exhaustive identification, and exhaustive identification. It further contains a proposal of the phase-based derivation of sentences featuring focus in English, and finally, offers an account of Polish, in which focus interestingly correlates with the phenomenon of scrambling.
Details
- Pages
- II, 398
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631579558
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Englisch Syntax Funktionale Grammatik The Minimalist Program Syntax-phonology interface Syntax-semantics interface Minimalist program (Linguistik)
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2008. II, 398 pp., num. graphs
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