The Syntax-Information Structure Interface Evidence from Spanish and English

• Main Author: Casielles-Suárez, Eugenia
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: New York, N.Y Routledge 2004; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
• Subjects: English language; English language > Grammar, Comparative > Spanish; Focus (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general; Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment; Language & Linguistics; Spanish language; Spanish language > Grammar, Comparative > English; Topic and comment; Clitic Left Dislocation; Discourse Referent; Preverbal Subject Position; Left Dislocated Phrases; Focus Background Structure; Contrastive Focus; Wh Phrases; Topical Foci; Preverbal Subject; VP Internal Subject; Preposed Constituent; Topical Phrases; John Drinks; Null Subject; Preposed Element; Sentence Final Position; Resumptive Pronoun; Full Pronouns; Postverbal Subjects; Left Dislocated Elements; Sentence Initial Position; Focus Preposing; Topical Elements; Dislocated Phrases; Semantic Focus

In the last decade, the notions of topic and focus have come to play an increasingly relevant role in theoretical linguistics. Although these notions are often taken for granted, they are still poorly understood. This study offers a detailed analysis of the precise definitions of these and related t...