Publications

Publication details [#18438]

Büring, Daniel. 1997. The meaning of topic and focus: The 59th street bridge accent. (Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics 3). Routledge.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse | focus | syntax1 | topic

Language as a subject

English | German

ISBN

041516897X

Annotation

Based on Montogovian possible world semantics and Chomskian generative syntax, this book analyzes fall-rise intonation contours and provides a semantic account of two different pitch accents: topic and focus.

Reviewed by

Costa, João. 2000. Review of $The meaning of topic and focus: The 59th street bridge accent.