When Data Challenges Theory: Unexpected and paradoxical evidence in information structure
Edited by Davide Garassino and Daniel Jacob
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 273] 2022. vi, 307 pp.
Daniel Jacob
List of John Benjamins publications for which Daniel Jacob plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Focus and Background in Romance Languages
Edited by Andreas Dufter and Daniel Jacob
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 112] 2009. vii, 362 pp.
Subjects Romance linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
2022 Introduction. When data challenges theory: The analysis of information structure and its paradoxes When Data Challenges Theory: Unexpected and paradoxical evidence in information structure, Garassino, Davide and Daniel Jacob (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Chapter
This article provides a comprehensive survey on current research on information structure so as to clarify some ‘paradoxical’ effects stemming from the tension between data and theory. Paradoxes are here defined as unexpected data in light of certain assumptions held in mainstream literature. More… read more
2022 How alternatives are created: Specialized background knowledge affects the interpretation of clefts in discourse When Data Challenges Theory: Unexpected and paradoxical evidence in information structure, Garassino, Davide and Daniel Jacob (eds.), pp. 115–146 | Chapter
Standard theories of focus expressed by cleft structures, for instance (Beaver & Clark 2008; Krifka 2007), assume that the motivation for the use of focus is discourse relevance: focus establishes an answer to the question under discussion (Roberts 2004: 216). This account, however, lacks a theory… read more
2018 Polarity focus and non-canonical syntax in Italian, French and Spanish: Clitic left dislocation and sì che / sí que-constructions The Grammatical Realization of Polarity Contrast: Theoretical, empirical, and typological approaches, Dimroth, Christine and Stefan Sudhoff (eds.), pp. 227–254 | Chapter
Unlike in Germanic languages, in the Romance family the prosodic realization of polarity focus is strongly restricted. Instead, we observe a wealth of formal means that involve other language domains, such as the lexicon and non-canonical syntax. In this article, we provide a fine-grained analysis… read more
2009 Introduction Focus and Background in Romance Languages, Dufter, Andreas and Daniel Jacob (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article
2009 Preface Focus and Background in Romance Languages, Dufter, Andreas and Daniel Jacob (eds.), p. | Preface