Information Structure: The Syntax-Discourse Interface (Oxford Surveys in Syntax & Morphology)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199262594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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IT's a good book, delivered in a fair amount of time. I bought it primarily because it was a required text for the graduate course. Examples are succint and to the point.
"This is a book with many provocative ideas and proposals worth pursuing." --Language
. She is currently working on a book with Tova Rapoport on the lexicon-syntax interface, The Atoms of Meaning. Her publications include The Dynamics of Focus Structure (1997) and The Syntax of Aspect (2005) co-edited with Tova Rapoport. Nomi Erteschik-Shir is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben-Guri
This introduction to information structure discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines whether information structure maps onto syntax, and if so how. The topics covered include definitions of topic and focus, architectures of grammar, information structure, word order, the lexicon and information structure interface, and cognitive aspects of information structure. This book will appeal to graduate students of syntax and semantics in departments of linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.