The Architecture of Focus

by Valeria Molnar

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110185784
• ISBN13: 9783110185782
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 625 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary