Prosody, Focus, and Word Order

by Maria Luisa Zubizarreta

This monograph exemplifies a new trend in grammatical theory in which researchers combine findings from more than one area of linguistics. Specifically, the author looks at the relationship between phrasal prominence and focus in Romance and Germanic languages to provide new insights into how these properties are grammatically articulated. Building upon previous results in the field, she argues that phrasal prominence (nuclear stress) reflects syntactic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262740214
• ISBN13: 9780262740210
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher