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Cleft Structures

Hartmann Katharina Veenstra Tonjes
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9789027255914
Publisert
2013-11-28
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John Benjamins Publishing Co
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780 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Cleft Structures

Hartmann Katharina Veenstra Tonjes
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
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Cleft constructions are ubiquitous in languages, and their analysis is relevant to just about every aspect of theoretical linguistic investigation from prosody to pragmatics. This book discusses an impressive array of cleft constructions in different languages and language families: Autronesian (Seediq, Niuean, Tagalog, Malagasy, Fijian), Bantu (Zulu), Dravidian (Malayalam), Indo-European (Italian, French, English, Dutch), Japonic/Altaic (Japanese), Niger-Congo (Wolof), and Sino-Tibetan (Burmese, Mandarin). Hartmann and Veenstra’s comprehensive and enlightening introduction is lucid and thorough, emphasizing all the myriad respects in which cleft constructions are challenging for theoretical analysis, including typological variation in structure, prosody, interpretation and use. Almost all the chapters in the book undertake comparative analysis and together, all the chapters introduce a wealth of new data for consideration. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in linguistic interfaces and analysis.

- Dr. Rochemont, University of British Colombia, Canada,

The phenomenon of clefts is beyond doubt a golden oldie. It has captivated linguists of different disciplines for decades. The fascination arises from the unique syntax of clefts in interaction with their pragmatic and semantic interpretation. Clefts structure sentences according to the information state of the constituents contained in them. They are special as they exhibit a rather uncommon syntactic form to achieve the separation of the prominent part, either focal or topical, from the background of the clause. Despite the long-lasting interest in clefts, linguists have not yet come to an agreement on many basic questions. The articles contained in this volume address these issues from new theoretical and empirical perspectives. Based on data from about 50 languages from all over the world, this volume presents new arguments for the proper derivation of clefts, and contributes to the ongoing debate on the information-structural impact of cleft structures. Theoretically, it combines modern syntactic theorizing with investigations at the interface between grammar and information-structure.
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The phenomenon of clefts is beyond doubt a golden oldie. It has captivated linguists of different disciplines for decades. This title combines modern syntactic theorizing with investigations at the interface between grammar and information-structure.
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1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction (by Hartmann, Katharina); 3. Part I. Specificational/predicational clefts; 4. Predication and specification in the syntax of cleft sentences (by Dikken, Marcel den); 5. Wh-clefts and verb-initial word order in Austronesian languages (by Aldridge, Edith); 6. (Pseudo)clefts at the syntax-prosody-discourse interface (by Frascarelli, Mara); 7. Part II. Monoclausal/biclausal analyses; 8. Clefts in Durban Zulu (by Cheng, Lisa L.S.); 9. The cleft pronoun and cleft clause in English (by Reeve, Matthew); 10. The morphosyntax of wolof clefts: Structure and movement (by Torrence, Harold); 11. Part III. The focus potential of clefts; 12. Multiple focus and cleft sentences (by Hedberg, Nancy); 13. Recursion of FocP in Malayalam (by Mathew, Rosmin); 14. Multiple Wh-questions and the cleft construction in Malayalam (by Madhavan, Punnapurath); 15. Cleft partitionings in Japanese, Burmese and Chinese (by Hole, Daniel); 16. Italian clefts and the licensing of infinitival subject relatives (by Sleeman, Petra); 17. Language index; 18. Subject index
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Cleft constructions are ubiquitous in languages, and their analysis is relevant to just about every aspect of theoretical linguistic investigation from prosody to pragmatics. This book discusses an impressive array of cleft constructions in different languages and language families: Autronesian (Seediq, Niuean, Tagalog, Malagasy, Fijian), Bantu (Zulu), Dravidian (Malayalam), Indo-European (Italian, French, English, Dutch), Japonic/Altaic (Japanese), Niger-Congo (Wolof), and Sino-Tibetan (Burmese, Mandarin). Hartmann and Veenstra’s comprehensive and enlightening introduction is lucid and thorough, emphasizing all the myriad respects in which cleft constructions are challenging for theoretical analysis, including typological variation in structure, prosody, interpretation and use. Almost all the chapters in the book undertake comparative analysis and together, all the chapters introduce a wealth of new data for consideration. I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in linguistic interfaces and analysis.

- Dr. Rochemont, University of British Colombia, Canada,

The phenomenon of clefts is beyond doubt a golden oldie. It has captivated linguists of different disciplines for decades. The fascination arises from the unique syntax of clefts in interaction with their pragmatic and semantic interpretation. Clefts structure sentences according to the information state of the constituents contained in them. They are special as they exhibit a rather uncommon syntactic form to achieve the separation of the prominent part, either focal or topical, from the background of the clause. Despite the long-lasting interest in clefts, linguists have not yet come to an agreement on many basic questions. The articles contained in this volume address these issues from new theoretical and empirical perspectives. Based on data from about 50 languages from all over the world, this volume presents new arguments for the proper derivation of clefts, and contributes to the ongoing debate on the information-structural impact of cleft structures. Theoretically, it combines modern syntactic theorizing with investigations at the interface between grammar and information-structure.
Les mer
The phenomenon of clefts is beyond doubt a golden oldie. It has captivated linguists of different disciplines for decades. This title combines modern syntactic theorizing with investigations at the interface between grammar and information-structure.
Les mer
1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction (by Hartmann, Katharina); 3. Part I. Specificational/predicational clefts; 4. Predication and specification in the syntax of cleft sentences (by Dikken, Marcel den); 5. Wh-clefts and verb-initial word order in Austronesian languages (by Aldridge, Edith); 6. (Pseudo)clefts at the syntax-prosody-discourse interface (by Frascarelli, Mara); 7. Part II. Monoclausal/biclausal analyses; 8. Clefts in Durban Zulu (by Cheng, Lisa L.S.); 9. The cleft pronoun and cleft clause in English (by Reeve, Matthew); 10. The morphosyntax of wolof clefts: Structure and movement (by Torrence, Harold); 11. Part III. The focus potential of clefts; 12. Multiple focus and cleft sentences (by Hedberg, Nancy); 13. Recursion of FocP in Malayalam (by Mathew, Rosmin); 14. Multiple Wh-questions and the cleft construction in Malayalam (by Madhavan, Punnapurath); 15. Cleft partitionings in Japanese, Burmese and Chinese (by Hole, Daniel); 16. Italian clefts and the licensing of infinitival subject relatives (by Sleeman, Petra); 17. Language index; 18. Subject index
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9789027255914
Publisert
2013-11-28
Utgiver
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Vekt
780 gr
Høyde
245 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Redaktør
Hartmann Katharina
Veenstra Tonjes

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