Focus in generative grammar / by Michael S. Rochemont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rochemont, Michael S. (Michael Shaun), 1950-

Series:

SIGLA ; 4.

SIGLA ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generative grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The topic of this book is the notion of 'focus' and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with - in English at least - a certain systematic phonological interpretation and - presumably universally - a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, t

Contents:

FOCUS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1. Accent and Focus; Chapter 2. The Interpretation of Focus; Chapter 3. The Representation of Focus; Chapter 4. Constructional Focus; Chapter 5. Cleft Focus; Chapter 6. Summary; FOOTNOTES; References; The series STUDIES IN GENERATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613092991

90-272-8633-7

1-283-09299-9

OCLC:

713010237