Focus in Generative Grammar
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The topic of this book is the notion of ‘focus’ and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with – in English at least – a certain systematic phonological interpretation and – presumably universally – a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
[Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis, 4] 1986. ix, 221 pp.
Publishing status: Available | Original publisher:E. Story-Scientia
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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Dedication | p. ix
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Introduction | p. 1
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Chapter 1: Accent and Focus | p. 5
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1.1. The NSR and the NSR'
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1.2. The NSR”
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1.3. Prominence
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Chapter 2: The Interpretation of Focus | p. 37
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2.1. The Presupposition Analysis
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2.2. c-construable
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2.3. Narrow Focus, Contrast, and Default Accent
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Chapter 3: The Representation of Focus | p. 79
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3.1. Focus and Argument Structure
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3.2. The Structure of Discourse
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Chapter 4: Constructional Focus | p. 109
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4.1. The Constructional Focus Principle
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4.2. The Constructional Focus Position
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Chapter 5: Cleft Focus | p. 127
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5.1. The Interpretation of Clefts
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5.2. The Structure of Clefts
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5.3. Cleft Focus Constructions and Parametric Variation
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Appendix — On Overt wh Phrases in English Cleft Clauses
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Chapter 6: Summary | p. 171
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Footnotes | p. 179
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