Focus Realization in Romance and Beyond
Editorial JOHN BENJAMINS
Festland Spanien
- Verlag JOHN BENJAMINS
- ISBN13 9789027201508
- ISBN10 9027201501
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 391
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2018
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Gebunden mit Hardcover
Abschnitte
LehrerbücherFocus Realization in Romance and Beyond
Editorial JOHN BENJAMINS
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
What are the linguistic means for expressing different types of foci such as (narrow) information focus and contrastive focus in Romance languages, and why are there such differing views on such a presumably clear-cut research subject? Bringing together original expert work from a variety of linguistic disciplines and perspectives such as language acquisition and language contact, this volume provides a state-of-the-art discussion on central issues of focus realization. These include the interaction between prosody, syntax, and pragmatics, the typology of word order and intonation languages, the differentiation between focus and related notions such as contrast and presupposed modality, and the role of synchronic variation and change. The studies presented in this volume cover a broad range of Romance languages, including French, Italian, Portuguese, and different varieties of Spanish. Moreover, the book also offers new insights into non-Romance languages such as English, German, and Quechua.