Nomi Erteschik‐shir
Biographic Data
| ID | 4517778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nomi Erteschik‐shir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nomi |
| FAMILY NAME | Erteschik‐shir |
| SIGNATURE | SHIR N E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8735-3137 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift: A Prosodic Analysis
Despite decades of research, debate continues over the analysis of Object Shift in Mainland Scandinavian, and all syntactic and information-structural accounts have run into empirical and/or conceptual problems. We argue that this debate can be resolved by recognizing that Object Shift is, in fact, a prosodic phenomenon. Our analysis builds on the observation that varieties with optional Object Shift (most Swedish dialects, South Danish dialects …
Bridge Phenomena
The term “bridge” characterizes a matrix clauses in which extraction out of its complement or other subordinate clause is licensed. Examples include extraction out of that ‐complements of manner‐of‐speaking verbs, picture‐noun phrases, and relative clauses. The properties of bridge phenomena are outlined showing that they are gradient‐ and context‐dependent. These properties are shown to argue against a syntactic analysis of islandhood in general…
Missing objects as Topic Drop
Information Structure: The Syntax–Discourse Interface
This introduction to the role of information structure in grammar discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines theories of information structure and considers their effectiveness in explaining whether and how information structure maps onto syntax in discourse. Professor Erteschik-Shir begins by discussing the basic notions and properties of information structure, such as topic and focus, and cons…
Sound Patterns of Syntax: Object Shift
In this paper, I explore what a purely phonological account of object shift (OS) involves and what research questions it leads to, in particular what it means for word order to be phonologically motivated and what morpho-phonological primitives are involved. I pursue the possibility that what licenses OS of full DPs in Icelandic is phonological properties, not found in other Scandinavian languages, together with overt case marking. Although the p…
What is Syntax
In this response, I address the main points of my article raised by the reviews in this volume. I argue that the properties responsible for word order are in fact phonological. I clarify the properties of the identification constraint, revise my account of V-2, and elaborate on some of the phonological properties involved in incorporation
Focus structure architecture and P-syntax
Topic, Focus, and the Interpretation of Bare Plurals
Focus Structure Theory and Intonation
In this paper I argue that intonation is best analyzed as an overt marking of the focus structure (f-structure) of a sentence. The linguistic level of fstructure in which both topic and focus are identified provides the link between context, interpretation, syntax, and intonation. I further show that the view that grammar is f-structure driven modifies the set of questions one must pose in analyzing the function of various sign language correlate…
Dominance and modularity
In this paper we argue that all modes of perception are organized into salient and background constituents. We show that this organization is parallel to that of sentences which are divided into a focus constituent and background. We then argue that the process of recognizing these foregrounded constituents is nonmodular (in Fodor's sense) since it is conditioned by features external to each module. We suggest that a single task-specific mechanis…
Paul Werth, Focus, coherence and emphasis. London: Croom Helm, 1984. Pp. 293
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Der
This paper presents a unified account of the distribution of Danish der within the framework of Government and Binding, analyzing der as a subject filler. The existence of empty subjects in cases of extraction out of embedded questions is explained by assuming proper government by AGR, not due to verbal inflection as in pro-drop languages, but rather due to the absorption by AGR of the features of an empty co-superscripted postverbal position
International pragmatics conference
Under stress: A functional explanation of English sentence stress
In this paper we argue that it is possible to account for sentential stress in English in terms of the pragmatic property of Dominance, which is assigned to a constituent in discourse contexts. We have shown elsewhere (Erteschik-Shir & Lappin, 1979) that constraints on extraction from syntactic islands, and conditions on certain rules of semantic interpretation are best formulated in terms of the notion of Dominance. In the first part of the pape…
Dominance and the Functional Explanation of Island Phenomena
Under stress: A functional explanation of English sentence stress
In this paper we argue that it is possible to account for sentential stress in English in terms of the pragmatic property of Dominance, which is assigned to a constituent in discourse contexts. We have shown elsewhere (Erteschik-Shir & Lappin, 1979) that constraints on extraction from syntactic islands, and conditions on certain rules of semantic interpretation are best formulated in terms of the notion of Dominance. In the first part of the pape…
Missing objects as Topic Drop
Topic, Focus, and the Interpretation of Bare Plurals
Focus structure architecture and P-syntax
Focus Structure Theory and Intonation
In this paper I argue that intonation is best analyzed as an overt marking of the focus structure (f-structure) of a sentence. The linguistic level of fstructure in which both topic and focus are identified provides the link between context, interpretation, syntax, and intonation. I further show that the view that grammar is f-structure driven modifies the set of questions one must pose in analyzing the function of various sign language correlate…
Dominance and modularity
In this paper we argue that all modes of perception are organized into salient and background constituents. We show that this organization is parallel to that of sentences which are divided into a focus constituent and background. We then argue that the process of recognizing these foregrounded constituents is nonmodular (in Fodor's sense) since it is conditioned by features external to each module. We suggest that a single task-specific mechanis…
Dominance and the Functional Explanation of Island Phenomena
Under stress: A functional explanation of English sentence stress
In this paper we argue that it is possible to account for sentential stress in English in terms of the pragmatic property of Dominance, which is assigned to a constituent in discourse contexts. We have shown elsewhere (Erteschik-Shir & Lappin, 1979) that constraints on extraction from syntactic islands, and conditions on certain rules of semantic interpretation are best formulated in terms of the notion of Dominance. In the first part of the pape…
International pragmatics conference
Der
This paper presents a unified account of the distribution of Danish der within the framework of Government and Binding, analyzing der as a subject filler. The existence of empty subjects in cases of extraction out of embedded questions is explained by assuming proper government by AGR, not due to verbal inflection as in pro-drop languages, but rather due to the absorption by AGR of the features of an empty co-superscripted postverbal position
Paul Werth, Focus, coherence and emphasis. London: Croom Helm, 1984. Pp. 293
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Dominance and modularity
In this paper we argue that all modes of perception are organized into salient and background constituents. We show that this organization is parallel to that of sentences which are divided into a focus constituent and background. We then argue that the process of recognizing these foregrounded constituents is nonmodular (in Fodor's sense) since it is conditioned by features external to each module. We suggest that a single task-specific mechanis…
Focus Structure Theory and Intonation
In this paper I argue that intonation is best analyzed as an overt marking of the focus structure (f-structure) of a sentence. The linguistic level of fstructure in which both topic and focus are identified provides the link between context, interpretation, syntax, and intonation. I further show that the view that grammar is f-structure driven modifies the set of questions one must pose in analyzing the function of various sign language correlate…
Topic, Focus, and the Interpretation of Bare Plurals
Focus structure architecture and P-syntax
Sound Patterns of Syntax: Object Shift
In this paper, I explore what a purely phonological account of object shift (OS) involves and what research questions it leads to, in particular what it means for word order to be phonologically motivated and what morpho-phonological primitives are involved. I pursue the possibility that what licenses OS of full DPs in Icelandic is phonological properties, not found in other Scandinavian languages, together with overt case marking. Although the p…
What is Syntax
In this response, I address the main points of my article raised by the reviews in this volume. I argue that the properties responsible for word order are in fact phonological. I clarify the properties of the identification constraint, revise my account of V-2, and elaborate on some of the phonological properties involved in incorporation
Information Structure: The Syntax–Discourse Interface
This introduction to the role of information structure in grammar discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface. It examines theories of information structure and considers their effectiveness in explaining whether and how information structure maps onto syntax in discourse. Professor Erteschik-Shir begins by discussing the basic notions and properties of information structure, such as topic and focus, and cons…
Missing objects as Topic Drop
Bridge Phenomena
The term “bridge” characterizes a matrix clauses in which extraction out of its complement or other subordinate clause is licensed. Examples include extraction out of that ‐complements of manner‐of‐speaking verbs, picture‐noun phrases, and relative clauses. The properties of bridge phenomena are outlined showing that they are gradient‐ and context‐dependent. These properties are shown to argue against a syntactic analysis of islandhood in general…
Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift: A Prosodic Analysis
Despite decades of research, debate continues over the analysis of Object Shift in Mainland Scandinavian, and all syntactic and information-structural accounts have run into empirical and/or conceptual problems. We argue that this debate can be resolved by recognizing that Object Shift is, in fact, a prosodic phenomenon. Our analysis builds on the observation that varieties with optional Object Shift (most Swedish dialects, South Danish dialects …
Philosophy (14 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Natural language processing (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (5 works) · Physics (5 works) · Syntax (5 works) · History (4 works)