30.312, Books: Focus Realization in Romance and Beyond: García García, Uth (eds.)

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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:30:16
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Focus Realization in Romance and Beyond: García García, Uth (eds.)

 


Title: Focus Realization in Romance and Beyond 
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 201  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.201 


Editor: Marco García García
Editor: Melanie Uth

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263483 Pages: 391 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263483 Pages: 391 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263483 Pages: 391 Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201508 Pages: 391 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201508 Pages: 391 Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027201508 Pages: 391 Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Language Family(ies): Romance


Written In: English  (eng)

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