Publications

Publication details [#18750]

Bayer, Josef. 1995. Directionality and Logical Form. On the scope of focussing particles and wh-in-situ. (Studies in Natural Language and Linguisitc Theory). Kluwer. xv + 328 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

focus | particle | scope

Language as a subject

Bengali | Dutch | English | German | Languages, Scandinavian

Annotation

This monograph investigates the scope and the distribution of focus adverbs and wh-in-situ across many languages, particularly German, demonstrating their intimate connection with syntactic structure.

Reviewed by

Hoeksema, Jack. 1999. Review of $Directionality and Logical Form. On the scope of focussing particles and wh-in-situ.