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The Expression of Information Structure.
Title:
The Expression of Information Structure.
Author:
Klein, Wolfgang.
ISBN:
9783110261608
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (468 pages)
Series:
The Expression of Cognitive Categories (ECC) ; v.5

The Expression of Cognitive Categories (ECC)
Contents:
Information structure: Overview and linguistic issues -- The information structure of Chinese -- The information structure of English -- The information structure of French -- The information structure of Georgian -- The information structure of Hungarian -- The information structure of Japanese -- The empirical investigation of information structure -- The prosodic investigation of information structure -- The psychology of information structure -- The acquisition of information structure -- Computation and modeling of information structure -- Information structure and theoretical models of grammar -- Contributors -- Index of subjects -- Index of persons.
Abstract:
The book reports on the present state of the theoretical presentation, empirical investigation, psycholinguistic aspects and acquisition of information structure, and computation. It also provides descriptions of the information structural encoding strategies of individual languages of different types. The book can be used as a textbook appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses.
Local Note:
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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