| Aspects of the Grammar of Focus: A Minimalist View Contributor(s): Fisiak, Jacek (Editor), Tajsner, Przemyslaw (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631579551 ISBN-13: 9783631579558 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $112.58 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| LCCN: 2008500348 |
| Series: Polish Studies in English Language and Literature |
| Physical Information: 398 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book examines the aspects of focus within the recent minimalist paradigm. Focus is viewed here as a grammar's response to the requirements of the systems external to (narrowly defined) language. Thus, the properties of focus are explored at the two interfaces: syntax-phonology and syntax-semantics. The book surveys some recent views on the interface and left-periphery status of focus. With respect to the semantics of focus, the book argues for its tripartite division into: information, non-exhaustive identification, and exhaustive identification. It further contains a proposal of the phase-based derivation of sentences featuring focus in English, and finally, offers an account of Polish, in which focus interestingly correlates with the phenomenon of scrambling. |
