The Grammar of Emphasis : From Information Structure to the Expressive Dimension.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] Series ; v.131 .
- Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] Series .
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The notion of emphasis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The notion of emphasis for intensity -- II. Empirical domains of emphasis -- 3. Particle topicalization and emphasis for intensity -- 4. Emphasis for intensity across clause types -- III. A unified account of emphasis -- 5. Emphasis and German clause structure -- 6. Conclusion: From information structure to the expressive dimension -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Index.
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.