Focus in Generative Grammar.
Title:
Focus in Generative Grammar.
Author:
Rochemont, Michael S.
ISBN:
9789027286338
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Series:
Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis ; v.4
Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis
Contents:
FOCUS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- PREFACE -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Accent and Focus -- 1.1. The NSR and The NSR' -- 1.2. The NSR" -- 1.3. Prominence -- Chapter 2. The Interpretation of Focus -- 2.1. The Presupposition Analysis -- 2.2. c-construable -- 2.3. Narrow Focus, Contrast, and Default Accent -- Chapter 3. The Representation of Focus -- 3.1. Focus and Argument Structure -- 3.2. The Structure of Discourse -- Chapter 4. Constructional Focus -- 4.1. The Constructional Focus Principle -- 4.2. The Constructional Focus Position -- Chapter 5. Cleft Focus -- 5.1. The Interpretation of Clefts -- 5.2. The Structure of Clefts -- 5.3. Cleft Focus Constructions and Parametric Variation -- APPENDIX: On Overt wh Phrases in English Cleft Clauses -- Chapter 6. Summary -- FOOTNOTES -- References -- The series STUDIES IN GENERATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS.
Abstract:
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, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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