Contrast and Information Structure
A Focus-Based Analysis of but
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 3987937 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Carla Umbach (Osnabrück University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2005 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 207-232 |
| Data de publicação | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Editora | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling.2005.43.1.207 |
| OpenAlex | W2093115830 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 39 |
| Referências citadas | 11 |
This article presents a novel analysis of the contrastive connector but based on the observation that (i) the contrast induced by but relates to the information structure of the conjuncts, and (ii) the use of but requires a denial with respect to an implicit question. It is shown that but combines additivity, as in and/also, and exclusion, as in only. This analysis provides a uniform basis to explain the apparently different uses of but, including semantic opposition, denial-of-expectation, and topic change. Moreover, it sheds new light on the concessive use of but
Contrast (vision) · Contrastive analysis · Denial · Focus (optics) · Information Structure · Linguistics · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Obras citantes distintas | 39 |
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| Citações por ano | 2,05 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 35 |