Information Structure
The Syntax–Discourse Interface
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23399580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nomi Erteschik-Shir, Nomi Erteschik‐shir (0000-0002-8735-3137, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Information Structure (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199262588.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4388156595 |
| Open Library | OL7404284M |
| ISBN | 9780199262588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 86 |
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 considers their properties from different theoretical perspectives. She covers definitions of topic and focus, architectures of grammar, information structure, word order, the interface between lexicon and information structure, and cognitive aspects of information structure. In her balanced and readable account, the author critically compares the effectiveness of different theoretical approaches and assesses the value of insights drawn from work in processing and on language acquisition, variation, and universals. This book will appeal to graduate students of syntax and semantics in departments of linguistics, philosophy, and cognitive science.
Focus (optics) · Grammar · Information Structure · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Semantics (computer science) · Syntax · Word order · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Philosophy · Comparative and general Grammar · Discourse analysis · Focus (Linguistics) · Grammar, comparative and general, topic and comment · Topic and comment
OV∼VO in Itelmen
Stratégies de topicalisation en occitan
Bridge Phenomena
Object Shift in Scandinavian
Pseudoclefts and Other Specificational Copular Sentences
Informationsstruktur
Tense-conditioned alignment and cross-reference systems
Revisiting the system of English relative clauses
Introduction d’un nouveau protagoniste dans le récit en français et en chinois
Encoding indefinite human reference without indefinite pronouns
Prosodic salience in Anal Naga
On agreement-drop in Singlish
Part-introducing 'percent' in English
Object focus marking in Spanish
Alignment shift as functional markedness reversal
Unveiling cognitive mechanisms in kinship terminology usage in introductory contexts
Fake attributives in Chinese
A discourse-functional approach to theticity, subtypes of integrated relative clause and extraposition in English
Les sujets disloqués et non-disloqués chez l’enfant français
Les sujets disloqués en trévisan
L2 representation and processing of Spanish focus
Information structure of converb constructions
Word Order Variation as Differential Object Marking
Verb‐Echo Answers Do Not Involve Head Movement in Japanese
Ces histoires d’attributs antéposés
The learnability of bridge effects
Antipassive Adds an Argument
Discourse-related expletives
The universal topic prominence stage hypothesis and L1 transfer
Structural, Functional, and Processing Perspectives on Linguistic Island Effects
Variation in Information Structure with Special Reference to Africa
The Structure of Text Contents
Genericity in L2 French and L3 English
Exploring ‘ke’ as a Focus Particle in Persian from both Form and Function Points of View
Contact-induced Change in a Highly Endangered Language of Northern Bougainville
Discourse particles in Chinese–Japanese code switching
The pragmatics of codeswitching on Ghanaian talk radio
How linguistic meaning harmonizes with information through meaning conservation
Mandarin pseudo why-stripping constructions
Mismatch of topic between Japanese and Korean
The nominative/accusative alternation in Japanese and information structure
Information structure without topic and focus
Structural change in Catalan discourse
Diagnosing focus
Discontinuous noun phrases in Ngkolmpu
The clause-initial position in L2 Swedish declaratives
Optional expletive subjects in Swedish
Information tracking and encoding in early L1
Telicity and object position in Taiwanese Southern Min and Hakka
A usage-based theory of grammatical status and grammaticalization
The syntax of negative imperatives in Yemeni Arabic
Vocatives
Partition and existence
Pinning down the concept of "interface" in bilingualism
Differential Function Marking, Case, and Information Structure
Cognitive constraints and island effects
Spanish Emphatic Possessives and Reflexivity
Two Types of Constructionalization Processes in Spanish and Portuguese Clefted wh -interrogatives
The insubordinated infinitive in Makhuwa-Enahara and the expression of feelings
The information structure of Meadow Mari
Gradience at the syntax-phonology interface
An expectation-based account of subject islands and parasitism
The meanings of focus
Notes on word order variation in Korean
Activation and the relation between context and grammar
La modalité et le marquage différentiel de l'objet
Little v and parametric variation
Bare Nominals in Brazilian Portuguese
Exclusivity! Wh-fronting is not optional wh-movement in Colloquial French
The syntax of Why-Stripping
Topicality and anaphoricity in Dutch scrambling
Evidence For a Discourse Account of Manner-of-Speaking Islands
Head Conjuncts
Linguistic judgments in 3D
Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift
Bridging Inferences and Reference Management
A note on sluicing with implicit indefinite correlates
Gradualness of Grammaticalization and Abrupt Change Reconciled
Knowledge and discourse in secondary school social science textbooks
Extraction from Relative Clauses in Icelandic and Swedish
The Radical Unacceptability Hypothesis
Extraction and Pronoun Preposing in Scandinavian
Code-Switching at the Interfaces
Diachronic syntax based on constituency and dependency annotated corpora
The analysis of rightmost focus is alive and kicking
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| Unique citing works | 86 |
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| Citations per year | 4,78 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |