8014960 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code P&bns 244 Hb 15 9789027256492 06 10.1075/pbns.244 13 2013048250 00 BB 08 615 gr 10 01 JB code P&bns 02 0922-842X 02 244.00 01 02 Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 01 01 Perspectives on Linguistic Structure and Context Studies in honor of Knud Lambrecht Perspectives on Linguistic Structure and Context: Studies in honor of Knud Lambrecht 1 B01 01 JB code 119195252 Stacey Katz Bourns Katz Bourns, Stacey Stacey Katz Bourns Harvard University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/119195252 2 B01 01 JB code 662195253 Lindsy L. Myers Myers, Lindsy L. Lindsy L. Myers University of Missouri, Kansas City 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/662195253 01 eng 11 259 03 03 xv 03 00 244 03 01 23 415 03 2014 P291 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Sentences. 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 04 Functionalism (Linguistics) 04 Discourse analysis. 04 Pragmatics. 10 LAN009000 12 CFG 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.ROM Romance linguistics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 01 06 02 00 This book offers substantial reading for those interested in the juncture of structure and context, notably a critical take on the important legacy of the preeminent linguist Knud Lambrecht, a pioneer of Information Structure. 03 00 In this tribute to Knud Lambrecht, a pioneer of Information Structure, a diverse group of scholars examines the intersection of syntax, discourse, pragmatics, and semantics. The six chapters in the first section of the volume consider issues of grammar with new theoretical and applied insights, pertaining to grammatical constructions such as left dislocation, unaccusatives, null complements, and passives. While the first half of the book presents studies involving a range of languages from Russian to Irish to Italian, the second section is dedicated to papers focused on French. These five chapters feature the application of Construction Grammar and/or Information Structure frameworks to prosody and second language processing, as well as to several distinctive spoken French constructions: clefts, left dislocations, and interrogatives. Collectively, this book offers substantial reading for those interested in the juncture of structure and context, notably a critical take on the important legacy of a preeminent linguist. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/pbns.244.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027256492.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027256492.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/pbns.244.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/pbns.244.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/pbns.244.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/pbns.244.hb.png 01 01 JB code pbns.244.00int 06 10.1075/pbns.244.00int vii xiv 8 Article 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 1 A01 01 JB code 947204748 Stacey Katz Bourns Katz Bourns, Stacey Stacey Katz Bourns 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/947204748 2 A01 01 JB code 283204749 Lindsy L. Myers Myers, Lindsy L. Lindsy L. Myers 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/283204749 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.244.00ack 06 10.1075/pbns.244.00ack xv xvi 2 Miscellaneous 2 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.244.p1 06 10.1075/pbns.244.p1 Section header 3 01 04 Part I. Grammatical constructions Part I. Grammatical constructions 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.244.01gol 06 10.1075/pbns.244.01gol 3 16 14 Article 4 01 04 The information structure of ditransitives The information structure of ditransitives 01 04 Informing scope properties and long-distance dependency constraints Informing scope properties and long-distance dependency constraints 1 A01 01 JB code 459204750 Adele E. Goldberg Goldberg, Adele E. Adele E. Goldberg 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/459204750 01 eng 03 00

This chapter argues that information structure plays a critical role in explaining the ditransitive construction’s distribution, scope properties, and interaction with long-distance dependency constructions. Specifically, since the recipient argument is a secondary topic and backgrounded in discourse, it tends to have wide scope over the theme argument and also tends to resist extraction when combined with long-distance dependency constructions. An alternative, the to-dative, is favored in these circumstances, since it has a more appropriate information structure.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.02con 06 10.1075/pbns.244.02con 17 38 22 Article 5 01 04 Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions 01 04 Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt 1 A01 01 JB code 99204751 Catherine O'Connor O'Connor, Catherine Catherine O'Connor 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/99204751 2 A01 01 JB code 173204752 Joan Maling Maling, Joan Joan Maling 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/173204752 01 eng 03 00

The passive construction, one of the most scrutinized across varying theoretical and typological perspectives, sometimes gives rise to disagreements among linguists about the membership of particular cases. “Non-promotional” passives are a key example: they lack overt subjects but govern accusative objects and may be categorized as either passives or impersonal actives with null unspecified human subjects. Based on Irish, Polish, Ukrainian, Icelandic, and Pomo data, we argue that disagreements stem from two sources: (a) linguists’ differing theorizations of “passive,” including their tacit commitments to the importance of distinct constructional features for a theory of language; and (b) differing native speaker judgments, which reveal two distinct and persistent analyses of this configuration, arising from the syntactic ambiguity of verb forms with null surface subjects.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.03rus 06 10.1075/pbns.244.03rus 39 56 18 Article 6 01 04 On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity 01 04 A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives 1 A01 01 JB code 817204753 Cinzia Russi Russi, Cinzia Cinzia Russi 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/817204753 01 eng 03 00

This paper examines the relationship among sentence focus, subject position (i.e., preverbal vs. postverbal) and genericity in Italian constructions involving two sub-classes of unaccusative verbs. It is shown that with unaccusatives denoting change of location (e.g., arrivare ‘arrive’), subject position depends on the number of arguments selected by the verb and the nature of the locative argument (i.e., overt vs. implicit); specifically, one-argument unaccusatives categorically disallow postverbal subjects, whereas two-argument unaccusatives require postverbal subjects only if the sentence refers to a specific situation and the locative is implicit. In contrast, two-argument unaccusatives selecting an experiencer/dative and a theme/subject argument (e.g., mancare ‘lack; be lacking’), always require postverbal subjects, independently of whether the sentence denotes a generic or a specific situation.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.04rup 06 10.1075/pbns.244.04rup 57 86 30 Article 7 01 04 Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English 1 A01 01 JB code 283204754 Josef Ruppenhofer Ruppenhofer, Josef Josef Ruppenhofer 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/283204754 2 A01 01 JB code 596204755 Laura A. Michaelis Michaelis, Laura A. Laura A. Michaelis 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/596204755 01 eng 03 00

Despite the idiosyncratic properties of null-complement phenomena observed by Fillmore (1986), Lambrecht and Lemoine (2005), and others, many researchers have pursued large-scope, single-factor explanations of the distributional and interpretive restrictions on null complements – in particular, explanations based on Aktionsart (Rappaport Hovav and Levin 1998) and selectional restrictions (Resnik 1993, 1996). We argue instead for a limited implicational regularity tying the interpretation type of an omitted argument to the frame membership of its predicator. We show that our account is robust, that exceptions can be explained based on independently motivated principles, and that the proposed generalization can be motivated by reference to the discourse status of comparable overt arguments in both lexically and constructionally licensed omissions. Finally, we argue that successful generalizations in the realm of null complementation are likely to be narrow rather than broad in scope.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.05bly 06 10.1075/pbns.244.05bly 87 108 22 Article 8 01 04 Interactional frames and grammatical constructions Interactional frames and grammatical constructions 1 A01 01 JB code 248204756 Carl S. Blyth Blyth, Carl S. Carl S. Blyth 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/248204756 2 A01 01 JB code 313204757 Dale Koike Koike, Dale Dale Koike 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/313204757 01 eng 03 00

Construction grammarians analyze grammar in terms of conventional pairings of form and meaning (Fillmore et al. 1988; Goldberg 1995, 2006) that are largely limited to the sentence (Lambrecht 1994, 2004). Recently, construction grammarians have moved beyond sentential boundaries to consider grammatical structures in terms of interaction and discourse (Fried and Östman 2005; Fischer 2010; Fried 2010a, 2010b). Following Fleischman (1990), we argue that interactive frames are key to linking the concerns of grammarians with those of anthropological linguists, sociolinguists, and text linguists who call for richer analyses of the communicative context (Cook-Gumperz and Gumperz 2011; Park and Takanashi 2011). A frames-based approach to grammatical description situates language within a communicative context that includes factors such as the backgrounds of the speakers and hearers and the frames within which each participant places the interaction. Such contextualized descriptions demonstrate how interactive frames and grammatical constructions are implicated in the interpersonal function of language and the dynamics of meaning making.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.06pol 06 10.1075/pbns.244.06pol 109 130 22 Article 9 01 04 Topics at the left periphery in Russian Topics at the left periphery in Russian 1 A01 01 JB code 329204758 Maria Polinsky Polinsky, Maria Maria Polinsky 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/329204758 2 A01 01 JB code 386204759 Eric Potsdam Potsdam, Eric Eric Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/386204759 01 eng 03 00

This paper analyses a paradigm in Russian in which a preposed nominal stranding a numeral can show (paucal) number connectivity, with a gap following the numeral, or can appear in a non-agreeing (plural) form: (1) theater-paucal/plural, there were three. paucal__ Numerous syntactic diagnostics confirm that, when there is number connectivity, the nominal has been fronted via A′-movement, creating a syntactic A′-chain dependency. In the absence of connectivity, the construction involves a hanging topic related via discourse mechanisms to a base-generated null pronoun. These two constructions constitute a minimal pair and can be considered a counterpart to the better-known left edge topics observed in Romance or Germanic languages.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.s3 06 10.1075/pbns.244.s3 Section header 10 01 04 Part II. Topics in French Grammar Part II. Topics in French Grammar 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.244.07fer 06 10.1075/pbns.244.07fer 133 156 24 Article 11 01 04 Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon 1 A01 01 JB code 536204760 Caroline Féry Féry, Caroline Caroline Féry 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/536204760 01 eng 03 00

Final compression in French is examined from a theoretical perspective and illustrated with experimental data. In French, only final prosodic domains that are at least the size of a prosodic phrase (Φ-phrase) may be subject to final compression. Prosodic units that are smaller than Φ-phrases, such as prosodic words (ω-words) or syllables, cannot be compressed. Therefore, final compression is a phrasal phenomenon. This conclusion is confirmed in a comparison between sequences consisting of a noun + adjective and verb + argument on one hand, and verb + adjunct on the other. Syntactic expressions of the first kind are integrated into single Φ-phrases, and final compression does not take place. Syntactic sequences of the verb + adjunct variety, however, form separate Φ-phrases, and final compression may occur.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.08mye 06 10.1075/pbns.244.08mye 157 182 26 Article 12 01 04 Pourquoi in Spoken French Pourquoi in Spoken French 01 04 Corpus-based function-form mapping Corpus-based function-form mapping 1 A01 01 JB code 195204761 Lindsy L. Myers Myers, Lindsy L. Lindsy L. Myers 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/195204761 2 A01 01 JB code 269204762 Stéphanie Pellet Pellet, Stéphanie Stéphanie Pellet 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/269204762 01 eng 03 00

WH-Interrogatives in spoken French are exceptional due both to the diversity of syntactic forms available to express the same propositional content (Coveney 1996) as well as the parameters that influence their use. The causal interrogative adverb pourquoi ‘why’ has a notably deficient paradigm (Korzen 1985), as is seen in its incompatibility with stylistic inversion and in situ structures. In this chapter, all instantiations of pourquoi in a corpus of casual conversations, whether interrogative or not, are first categorized according to discourse function(s) and then mapped to structures. This usage-driven, discourse approach successfully narrows the number of observed forms per function and also further distinguishes them by integrating discourse markers and negation.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.09rei 06 10.1075/pbns.244.09rei 183 198 16 Article 13 01 04 Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que 1 A01 01 JB code 997204763 Robert V. Reichle Reichle, Robert V. Robert V. Reichle 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/997204763 01 eng 03 00

Causal conjunctions have been studied by linguists (e.g. Groupe Lambda-l 1975; Debaisieux 1994; Lambrecht, Bordeaux, and Reichle 2006) and by psycholinguists and cognitive psychologists interested in language processing (e.g. Millis and Just 1994; Millis, Golding, and Barker 1995). These approaches result in different descriptions of the French word parce que ‘because.’ It is predicted to be unmarked in its information structure, but marked in its processing due to the increased load it places on processing resources and working memory. This chapter compares these two possible moderating factors on the use of parce que by analyzing corpus data from native speakers and second language learners of French, and argues that the information structure of the conjunction plays a greater role than its processability in determining its use in spoken French.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.10kat 06 10.1075/pbns.244.10kat 199 222 24 Article 14 01 04 Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 619204764 Stacey Katz Bourns Katz Bourns, Stacey Stacey Katz Bourns 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/619204764 01 eng 03 00

Although the French c’est-cleft and the English it-cleft appear at first glance to share similar syntactic and pragmatic properties (they are both what Lambrecht 1994 calls “argument focus” constructions), their use in discourse is not always the same. One finds a number of situations in which the c’est-cleft is required but the it-cleft is pragmatically odd. The reason for this discrepancy has to do with French prosodic restrictions that do not exist in English, thus creating a motivation for the cleft in French that is not found in English. In addition, various c’est-cleft types and c’est-cleft “lookalikes” in French correspond to different types of constructions in English, demonstrating the importance of analyzing naturally occurring discourse to determine pragmatic well-formedness.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.11ker 06 10.1075/pbns.244.11ker 223 240 18 Article 15 01 04 Left dislocation in French Left dislocation in French 01 04 Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics 1 A01 01 JB code 572204765 Betsy Kerr Kerr, Betsy Betsy Kerr 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/572204765 01 eng 03 00

A number of studies of Left Dislocation (LD) in spoken French within the Interactional Linguistics (IL) framework (de Fornel 1988; Pekarek Doehler 2001; Chevalier 2011b) have been critical of the information-structure analyses of this construction as set forth in Lambrecht (1981, 1994) and Barnes (1985). This discussion attempts to clarify the original information-structure analysis, arguing that the pragmatic definition of LD should be limited to the explicit marking of the sentence-topic and its associated comment. This topic-comment configuration is compatible with a large variety of particular functions with respect to the larger discourse and to speakers’ interactional purposes. Explanatorily useful IL analyses are those that make clear the connection between the topic-comment configuration and the proposed interactional function.

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This chapter argues that information structure plays a critical role in explaining the ditransitive construction’s distribution, scope properties, and interaction with long-distance dependency constructions. Specifically, since the recipient argument is a secondary topic and backgrounded in discourse, it tends to have wide scope over the theme argument and also tends to resist extraction when combined with long-distance dependency constructions. An alternative, the to-dative, is favored in these circumstances, since it has a more appropriate information structure.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.02con 06 10.1075/pbns.244.02con 17 38 22 Article 5 01 04 Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions 01 04 Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt 1 A01 01 JB code 99204751 Catherine O'Connor O'Connor, Catherine Catherine O'Connor 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/99204751 2 A01 01 JB code 173204752 Joan Maling Maling, Joan Joan Maling 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/173204752 01 eng 03 00

The passive construction, one of the most scrutinized across varying theoretical and typological perspectives, sometimes gives rise to disagreements among linguists about the membership of particular cases. “Non-promotional” passives are a key example: they lack overt subjects but govern accusative objects and may be categorized as either passives or impersonal actives with null unspecified human subjects. Based on Irish, Polish, Ukrainian, Icelandic, and Pomo data, we argue that disagreements stem from two sources: (a) linguists’ differing theorizations of “passive,” including their tacit commitments to the importance of distinct constructional features for a theory of language; and (b) differing native speaker judgments, which reveal two distinct and persistent analyses of this configuration, arising from the syntactic ambiguity of verb forms with null surface subjects.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.03rus 06 10.1075/pbns.244.03rus 39 56 18 Article 6 01 04 On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity 01 04 A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives 1 A01 01 JB code 817204753 Cinzia Russi Russi, Cinzia Cinzia Russi 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/817204753 01 eng 03 00

This paper examines the relationship among sentence focus, subject position (i.e., preverbal vs. postverbal) and genericity in Italian constructions involving two sub-classes of unaccusative verbs. It is shown that with unaccusatives denoting change of location (e.g., arrivare ‘arrive’), subject position depends on the number of arguments selected by the verb and the nature of the locative argument (i.e., overt vs. implicit); specifically, one-argument unaccusatives categorically disallow postverbal subjects, whereas two-argument unaccusatives require postverbal subjects only if the sentence refers to a specific situation and the locative is implicit. In contrast, two-argument unaccusatives selecting an experiencer/dative and a theme/subject argument (e.g., mancare ‘lack; be lacking’), always require postverbal subjects, independently of whether the sentence denotes a generic or a specific situation.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.04rup 06 10.1075/pbns.244.04rup 57 86 30 Article 7 01 04 Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English 1 A01 01 JB code 283204754 Josef Ruppenhofer Ruppenhofer, Josef Josef Ruppenhofer 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/283204754 2 A01 01 JB code 596204755 Laura A. Michaelis Michaelis, Laura A. Laura A. Michaelis 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/596204755 01 eng 03 00

Despite the idiosyncratic properties of null-complement phenomena observed by Fillmore (1986), Lambrecht and Lemoine (2005), and others, many researchers have pursued large-scope, single-factor explanations of the distributional and interpretive restrictions on null complements – in particular, explanations based on Aktionsart (Rappaport Hovav and Levin 1998) and selectional restrictions (Resnik 1993, 1996). We argue instead for a limited implicational regularity tying the interpretation type of an omitted argument to the frame membership of its predicator. We show that our account is robust, that exceptions can be explained based on independently motivated principles, and that the proposed generalization can be motivated by reference to the discourse status of comparable overt arguments in both lexically and constructionally licensed omissions. Finally, we argue that successful generalizations in the realm of null complementation are likely to be narrow rather than broad in scope.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.05bly 06 10.1075/pbns.244.05bly 87 108 22 Article 8 01 04 Interactional frames and grammatical constructions Interactional frames and grammatical constructions 1 A01 01 JB code 248204756 Carl S. Blyth Blyth, Carl S. Carl S. Blyth 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/248204756 2 A01 01 JB code 313204757 Dale Koike Koike, Dale Dale Koike 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/313204757 01 eng 03 00

Construction grammarians analyze grammar in terms of conventional pairings of form and meaning (Fillmore et al. 1988; Goldberg 1995, 2006) that are largely limited to the sentence (Lambrecht 1994, 2004). Recently, construction grammarians have moved beyond sentential boundaries to consider grammatical structures in terms of interaction and discourse (Fried and Östman 2005; Fischer 2010; Fried 2010a, 2010b). Following Fleischman (1990), we argue that interactive frames are key to linking the concerns of grammarians with those of anthropological linguists, sociolinguists, and text linguists who call for richer analyses of the communicative context (Cook-Gumperz and Gumperz 2011; Park and Takanashi 2011). A frames-based approach to grammatical description situates language within a communicative context that includes factors such as the backgrounds of the speakers and hearers and the frames within which each participant places the interaction. Such contextualized descriptions demonstrate how interactive frames and grammatical constructions are implicated in the interpersonal function of language and the dynamics of meaning making.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.06pol 06 10.1075/pbns.244.06pol 109 130 22 Article 9 01 04 Topics at the left periphery in Russian Topics at the left periphery in Russian 1 A01 01 JB code 329204758 Maria Polinsky Polinsky, Maria Maria Polinsky 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/329204758 2 A01 01 JB code 386204759 Eric Potsdam Potsdam, Eric Eric Potsdam 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/386204759 01 eng 03 00

This paper analyses a paradigm in Russian in which a preposed nominal stranding a numeral can show (paucal) number connectivity, with a gap following the numeral, or can appear in a non-agreeing (plural) form: (1) theater-paucal/plural, there were three. paucal__ Numerous syntactic diagnostics confirm that, when there is number connectivity, the nominal has been fronted via A′-movement, creating a syntactic A′-chain dependency. In the absence of connectivity, the construction involves a hanging topic related via discourse mechanisms to a base-generated null pronoun. These two constructions constitute a minimal pair and can be considered a counterpart to the better-known left edge topics observed in Romance or Germanic languages.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.s3 06 10.1075/pbns.244.s3 Section header 10 01 04 Part II. Topics in French Grammar Part II. Topics in French Grammar 01 eng 01 01 JB code pbns.244.07fer 06 10.1075/pbns.244.07fer 133 156 24 Article 11 01 04 Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon 1 A01 01 JB code 536204760 Caroline Féry Féry, Caroline Caroline Féry 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/536204760 01 eng 03 00

Final compression in French is examined from a theoretical perspective and illustrated with experimental data. In French, only final prosodic domains that are at least the size of a prosodic phrase (Φ-phrase) may be subject to final compression. Prosodic units that are smaller than Φ-phrases, such as prosodic words (ω-words) or syllables, cannot be compressed. Therefore, final compression is a phrasal phenomenon. This conclusion is confirmed in a comparison between sequences consisting of a noun + adjective and verb + argument on one hand, and verb + adjunct on the other. Syntactic expressions of the first kind are integrated into single Φ-phrases, and final compression does not take place. Syntactic sequences of the verb + adjunct variety, however, form separate Φ-phrases, and final compression may occur.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.08mye 06 10.1075/pbns.244.08mye 157 182 26 Article 12 01 04 Pourquoi in Spoken French Pourquoi in Spoken French 01 04 Corpus-based function-form mapping Corpus-based function-form mapping 1 A01 01 JB code 195204761 Lindsy L. Myers Myers, Lindsy L. Lindsy L. Myers 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/195204761 2 A01 01 JB code 269204762 Stéphanie Pellet Pellet, Stéphanie Stéphanie Pellet 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/269204762 01 eng 03 00

WH-Interrogatives in spoken French are exceptional due both to the diversity of syntactic forms available to express the same propositional content (Coveney 1996) as well as the parameters that influence their use. The causal interrogative adverb pourquoi ‘why’ has a notably deficient paradigm (Korzen 1985), as is seen in its incompatibility with stylistic inversion and in situ structures. In this chapter, all instantiations of pourquoi in a corpus of casual conversations, whether interrogative or not, are first categorized according to discourse function(s) and then mapped to structures. This usage-driven, discourse approach successfully narrows the number of observed forms per function and also further distinguishes them by integrating discourse markers and negation.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.09rei 06 10.1075/pbns.244.09rei 183 198 16 Article 13 01 04 Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que 1 A01 01 JB code 997204763 Robert V. Reichle Reichle, Robert V. Robert V. Reichle 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/997204763 01 eng 03 00

Causal conjunctions have been studied by linguists (e.g. Groupe Lambda-l 1975; Debaisieux 1994; Lambrecht, Bordeaux, and Reichle 2006) and by psycholinguists and cognitive psychologists interested in language processing (e.g. Millis and Just 1994; Millis, Golding, and Barker 1995). These approaches result in different descriptions of the French word parce que ‘because.’ It is predicted to be unmarked in its information structure, but marked in its processing due to the increased load it places on processing resources and working memory. This chapter compares these two possible moderating factors on the use of parce que by analyzing corpus data from native speakers and second language learners of French, and argues that the information structure of the conjunction plays a greater role than its processability in determining its use in spoken French.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.10kat 06 10.1075/pbns.244.10kat 199 222 24 Article 14 01 04 Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 619204764 Stacey Katz Bourns Katz Bourns, Stacey Stacey Katz Bourns 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/619204764 01 eng 03 00

Although the French c’est-cleft and the English it-cleft appear at first glance to share similar syntactic and pragmatic properties (they are both what Lambrecht 1994 calls “argument focus” constructions), their use in discourse is not always the same. One finds a number of situations in which the c’est-cleft is required but the it-cleft is pragmatically odd. The reason for this discrepancy has to do with French prosodic restrictions that do not exist in English, thus creating a motivation for the cleft in French that is not found in English. In addition, various c’est-cleft types and c’est-cleft “lookalikes” in French correspond to different types of constructions in English, demonstrating the importance of analyzing naturally occurring discourse to determine pragmatic well-formedness.

01 01 JB code pbns.244.11ker 06 10.1075/pbns.244.11ker 223 240 18 Article 15 01 04 Left dislocation in French Left dislocation in French 01 04 Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics 1 A01 01 JB code 572204765 Betsy Kerr Kerr, Betsy Betsy Kerr 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/572204765 01 eng 03 00

A number of studies of Left Dislocation (LD) in spoken French within the Interactional Linguistics (IL) framework (de Fornel 1988; Pekarek Doehler 2001; Chevalier 2011b) have been critical of the information-structure analyses of this construction as set forth in Lambrecht (1981, 1994) and Barnes (1985). This discussion attempts to clarify the original information-structure analysis, arguing that the pragmatic definition of LD should be limited to the explicit marking of the sentence-topic and its associated comment. This topic-comment configuration is compatible with a large variety of particular functions with respect to the larger discourse and to speakers’ interactional purposes. Explanatorily useful IL analyses are those that make clear the connection between the topic-comment configuration and the proposed interactional function.

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Myers University of Missouri, Kansas City 01 eng 11 259 03 03 xv 03 00 244 03 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIN.ROM Romance linguistics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.THEOR Theoretical linguistics 10 LAN009000 12 CFG 01 06 02 00 This book offers substantial reading for those interested in the juncture of structure and context, notably a critical take on the important legacy of the preeminent linguist Knud Lambrecht, a pioneer of Information Structure. 03 00 In this tribute to Knud Lambrecht, a pioneer of Information Structure, a diverse group of scholars examines the intersection of syntax, discourse, pragmatics, and semantics. The six chapters in the first section of the volume consider issues of grammar with new theoretical and applied insights, pertaining to grammatical constructions such as left dislocation, unaccusatives, null complements, and passives. While the first half of the book presents studies involving a range of languages from Russian to Irish to Italian, the second section is dedicated to papers focused on French. These five chapters feature the application of Construction Grammar and/or Information Structure frameworks to prosody and second language processing, as well as to several distinctive spoken French constructions: clefts, left dislocations, and interrogatives. 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Myers 01 01 JB code pbns.244.00ack 06 10.1075/pbns.244.00ack xv xvi 2 Miscellaneous 2 01 04 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements 01 01 JB code pbns.244.p1 06 10.1075/pbns.244.p1 Section header 3 01 04 Part I. Grammatical constructions Part I. Grammatical constructions 01 01 JB code pbns.244.01gol 06 10.1075/pbns.244.01gol 3 16 14 Article 4 01 04 The information structure of ditransitives The information structure of ditransitives 01 04 Informing scope properties and long-distance dependency constraints Informing scope properties and long-distance dependency constraints 1 A01 01 JB code 459204750 Adele E. Goldberg Goldberg, Adele E. Adele E. Goldberg 01 01 JB code pbns.244.02con 06 10.1075/pbns.244.02con 17 38 22 Article 5 01 04 Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions Non-promotional passives and unspecified subject constructions 01 04 Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt Navigating the typological Kuiper Belt 1 A01 01 JB code 99204751 Catherine O'Connor O'Connor, Catherine Catherine O'Connor 2 A01 01 JB code 173204752 Joan Maling Maling, Joan Joan Maling 01 01 JB code pbns.244.03rus 06 10.1075/pbns.244.03rus 39 56 18 Article 6 01 04 On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity On the relationship between sentence focus category, subject-verb order, and genericity 01 04 A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives A preliminary analysis of some Italian unaccusatives 1 A01 01 JB code 817204753 Cinzia Russi Russi, Cinzia Cinzia Russi 01 01 JB code pbns.244.04rup 06 10.1075/pbns.244.04rup 57 86 30 Article 7 01 04 Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English Frames and the interpretation of omitted arguments in English 1 A01 01 JB code 283204754 Josef Ruppenhofer Ruppenhofer, Josef Josef Ruppenhofer 2 A01 01 JB code 596204755 Laura A. Michaelis Michaelis, Laura A. Laura A. Michaelis 01 01 JB code pbns.244.05bly 06 10.1075/pbns.244.05bly 87 108 22 Article 8 01 04 Interactional frames and grammatical constructions Interactional frames and grammatical constructions 1 A01 01 JB code 248204756 Carl S. Blyth Blyth, Carl S. Carl S. Blyth 2 A01 01 JB code 313204757 Dale Koike Koike, Dale Dale Koike 01 01 JB code pbns.244.06pol 06 10.1075/pbns.244.06pol 109 130 22 Article 9 01 04 Topics at the left periphery in Russian Topics at the left periphery in Russian 1 A01 01 JB code 329204758 Maria Polinsky Polinsky, Maria Maria Polinsky 2 A01 01 JB code 386204759 Eric Potsdam Potsdam, Eric Eric Potsdam 01 01 JB code pbns.244.s3 06 10.1075/pbns.244.s3 Section header 10 01 04 Part II. Topics in French Grammar Part II. Topics in French Grammar 01 01 JB code pbns.244.07fer 06 10.1075/pbns.244.07fer 133 156 24 Article 11 01 04 Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon Final compression in French as a phrasal phenomenon 1 A01 01 JB code 536204760 Caroline Féry Féry, Caroline Caroline Féry 01 01 JB code pbns.244.08mye 06 10.1075/pbns.244.08mye 157 182 26 Article 12 01 04 Pourquoi in Spoken French Pourquoi in Spoken French 01 04 Corpus-based function-form mapping Corpus-based function-form mapping 1 A01 01 JB code 195204761 Lindsy L. Myers Myers, Lindsy L. Lindsy L. Myers 2 A01 01 JB code 269204762 Stéphanie Pellet Pellet, Stéphanie Stéphanie Pellet 01 01 JB code pbns.244.09rei 06 10.1075/pbns.244.09rei 183 198 16 Article 13 01 04 Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que Processing constraints and information structure as moderating factors on first- and second-language use of the causal conjunction parce que 1 A01 01 JB code 997204763 Robert V. Reichle Reichle, Robert V. Robert V. Reichle 01 01 JB code pbns.244.10kat 06 10.1075/pbns.244.10kat 199 222 24 Article 14 01 04 Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse Contrasting c'est -clefts and it-clefts in discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 619204764 Stacey Katz Bourns Katz Bourns, Stacey Stacey Katz Bourns 01 01 JB code pbns.244.11ker 06 10.1075/pbns.244.11ker 223 240 18 Article 15 01 04 Left dislocation in French Left dislocation in French 01 04 Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics Information structure vs. (?) interactional linguistics 1 A01 01 JB code 572204765 Betsy Kerr Kerr, Betsy Betsy Kerr 01 01 JB code pbns.244.12ind 06 10.1075/pbns.244.12ind 241 244 4 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Index Index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20140305 C 2014 John Benjamins D 2014 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027256492 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 95.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 80.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 143.00 USD