As is well-known, topics and foci have dedicated positions in a variety of languages. This paper is concerned with the question of what this fact can tell us about the typology of information-structural notions and their mapping to the syntax. We argue that the data support two conclusions
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First,...
I present a unifying syntactic theory of topic utilizing aspects of seemingly orthogonal viewpoints....
The idea of contrast plays an important role in the analysis of information structure and discourse ...
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expres...
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expres...
Abstract. In this paper we argue for a typology of various information-structural func-tions in term...
In this paper we argue for a typology of various information-structural functions in terms of three ...
There is overwhelming evidence from a wide ranging languages that [topic], [focus] and [contrast] ar...
Information structure? ● This talk will demand familiarity with three very broad information-structu...
"Information structure, or the way the information in a sentence is 'divided' into categories such a...
This dissertation examines how information structure is represented in the different components of ...
Abstract. Information Structure, the packaging of information to satisfy the immediate communicative...
In recent work, Neeleman and Van de Koot (2008, 2012) have shown that information-structural conditi...
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First,...
The Topic-Focus Database gives information about the ways in which languages give formal expression ...
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First,...
I present a unifying syntactic theory of topic utilizing aspects of seemingly orthogonal viewpoints....
The idea of contrast plays an important role in the analysis of information structure and discourse ...
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expres...
This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expres...
Abstract. In this paper we argue for a typology of various information-structural func-tions in term...
In this paper we argue for a typology of various information-structural functions in terms of three ...
There is overwhelming evidence from a wide ranging languages that [topic], [focus] and [contrast] ar...
Information structure? ● This talk will demand familiarity with three very broad information-structu...
"Information structure, or the way the information in a sentence is 'divided' into categories such a...
This dissertation examines how information structure is represented in the different components of ...
Abstract. Information Structure, the packaging of information to satisfy the immediate communicative...
In recent work, Neeleman and Van de Koot (2008, 2012) have shown that information-structural conditi...
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First,...
The Topic-Focus Database gives information about the ways in which languages give formal expression ...
Three dimensions can be distinguished in a cross-linguistic account of information structure. First,...
I present a unifying syntactic theory of topic utilizing aspects of seemingly orthogonal viewpoints....
The idea of contrast plays an important role in the analysis of information structure and discourse ...