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Date: 18-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: The Architecture of Focus: Molnár, Winkler (Eds) 

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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:03:41
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: The Architecture of Focus: Molnár, Winkler (Eds) 

Title: The Architecture of Focus 
Series Title: Studies in Generative Grammar 82  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
	   http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110185784-1&l=E 

Editor: Valéria Molnár, Lund University
Editor: Susanne Winkler, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Hardback: ISBN: 3110185784 Pages: 617 Price: Europe EURO 98.00 Comment: for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 137.20

Abstract:

This collection investigates the architecture of focus in linguistic theory
from different theoretical perspectives. Research on focus and information
structure in the last four decades has shown that the phenomenon of focus
is highly complex, the theoretical approaches manifold, and the data highly
sensitive. The main emphasis has been placed on the integration of the
notion of focus in generative grammar. In recent years, however, the
approaches to focus and information structure underwent a radical change in
perspective. 

The theoretical concept of focus, its related terms and phenomena became
the object of research. Along with it, the research questions shifted:
instead of locating focus in the architecture of grammar, linguists
investigate the architecture of focus itself. The central underlying idea
of this collection is to document this change in perspective with the aim
of isolating essential keystones and research areas in both the theoretical
and empirical domain. The book is structured accordingly. Following the
introduction, there are four main sections: The general section discusses
the theoretical foundations of focus within grammar. The second section
hosts papers which investigate the representation of focus and topic at the
syntax-pragmatics interface. The third section discusses the phonological
representation of focus and its relation to meaning. The papers of the
final section investigate different types of focus constructions in a
variety languages. The collection of papers on the architecture of focus,
its interpretation and representation mirror the establishment of the focus
research field. 

Contents

Exploring the architecture of focus in grammar
Susanne Winkler and Valeria Molnar 

Part 1: Theoretical foundations of focus and information structure

On the Architecture of topic and focus
Nomi Erteschik-Shir

Topic, focus and the structural dynamics of language
Ruth Kempson, Ronny Cann, Jieun Kiaer

On the (in)dependence relation between syntax and pragmatics
Joao Costa and Maria Cristina Figueiredo Silva

Association with focus phrases
Manfred Krifka

Focus as identification
István Kenesei

Focussing as predication
Katalin É Kiss

Part 2: The representation of focus, topic and contrast at the
syntax-pragmatics interface

On different kinds of contrast
Valeria Molnar

Contrast and movement to the German prefield
Werner Frey

Noncanonical negation and information structure in Finnish
Elsi Kaiser

Double Negation and information structure: Somewhere between topic and focus
Genoveva Puskas

Part 3: The phonological representation of focus, topic and contrast and
its relation to meaning

Focus projection and default prominence
Daniel Büring

Focus on contrast and emphasis: Evidence from prosody
Nicole Richter and Grit Mehlhorn

Topic-focus controversies
Nancy Hedberg

Part 4: Focus-related constructions in different languages

Ellipsis at the interfaces: An information-structural proposal
Susanne Winkler

Elliptical dass-clauses in German
Kerstin Schwabe

On the discourse impact of subordinate clauses
André Meinunger

The influence of operators on the interpretation of DPs and PPs in German
information structure
Anita Steube

Clefts in English and Norwegian: Implications for the grammar-pragmatics
interface
Jeanette K. Gundel

The complex functions of it-clefts
Stefan Huber

Focus constructions in Hausa
Katharina Hartmann 

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Finnish (fin)
                     German, Standard (deu)
                     Hausa (hau)
                     Norwegian, Nynorsk (nno)

Written In: English  (eng)

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