Information structure and its interfaces / edited by Lunella Mereu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mereu, Lunella.

Series:

Interface explorations ; 19.

Interface explorations ; 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Topic and comment.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Italian language--Topic and comment.

Italian language.

Italian language--Dialects--Topic and comment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume presents recent results in the field of Information Structure based on research on Italian and Italian dialects, and on further studies on several typologically different languages. The central idea is that Information Structure is not an exclusive matter of syntax but an interface issue which involves the interplay of at least the phonological, morpho-syntactic and semantic-pragmatic levels of analysis. In addition, the volume is based on the study of actual language use and it adopts a cross-linguistic point of view.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section 1. Interfaces of information structure

Topic accent and prosodic structure

The prosodic annotation of C-ORAL-ROM and the structure of information in spoken language

Universals of information structure

Section 2. Grammar and information structure in Italian and some of its dialects

Constructions with preposed infinitive: Typological and pragmatic notes

Negation and «Focus Clash» in Sardinian

Do-support in a Sicilian variety, an Italian pseudo-cleft, and the packaging of information

Clitics and anaphoric relations in informational patterning: A corpus-driven research on spontaneous spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM)

The informational structure and the scope of lexical modality in spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM)

Section 3. Diachronic aspects in Italian

On two functions of verb-subject order in Old Italian

Between thematicity and grammaticalisation: The diachronic rearrangement of information structure and the position of clitic pronouns in Italian

Section 4. Pragmatically oriented languages

Information structure in Slavic languages

Position, function and interpretation of topics in Somali

Section 5. Some more aspects of information structure

Acquiring the grammar of topicality in L2 Italian: A comparative approach

Appendix" or "postposed Topic": Where does the difference lie?

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612073465

9781282073463

128207346X

9783110213973

3110213974

OCLC:

476276358