Our point of departure is that in Hungarian the scope order of preverbal (non-in-situ) constituents corresponds to their surface order; however, quantifiers and other operator expressions ω in a contrastive topic position give the impression of having inverse scope (Foc>ω) relative to the Focus expression following the given contrastive topic, apparently violating this generalization. The solution to this “scope-inversion puzzle” in Hungarian proposed by Gyuris (2009:150) rests upon this, unexplained, observation: “only those Hungarian sentences containing a contrastive topic are well-formed that have well-formed counterparts with the contrastive topic expression [ω] in postverbal position.” We claim that there is a remnant-movement-based t...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
This paper investigates the "discourse-configurationality" hypothesis in Hungarian, based on the cur...
In Hungarian, focused constituents appear in a preverbal position. Postverbal focus is possible, but...
The focus of this paper is the syntax of inverse scope in Hungarian, a language that largely disambi...
In Hungarian generative grammar, the terms topic and focus designate structural positions associated...
This paper proposes an explanation of the apparent scope inversion attested in sentences pronounced ...
The paper presents an analysis of the results of three perception experiments that aimed to investig...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
In Hungarian generative grammar, the terms topic and focus designate structural positions associated...
The paper investigates a problem related to the distribution of quantificational determiners as cont...
This paper proposes a new strategy for accounting for the narrow scope readings of quantificational ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
This paper investigates the "discourse-configurationality" hypothesis in Hungarian, based on the cur...
In Hungarian, focused constituents appear in a preverbal position. Postverbal focus is possible, but...
The focus of this paper is the syntax of inverse scope in Hungarian, a language that largely disambi...
In Hungarian generative grammar, the terms topic and focus designate structural positions associated...
This paper proposes an explanation of the apparent scope inversion attested in sentences pronounced ...
The paper presents an analysis of the results of three perception experiments that aimed to investig...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
In Hungarian generative grammar, the terms topic and focus designate structural positions associated...
The paper investigates a problem related to the distribution of quantificational determiners as cont...
This paper proposes a new strategy for accounting for the narrow scope readings of quantificational ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
This work examines the role of topic and focus in sentence processing, with particular attention to ...
The paper explicates the notions of topic, contrastive topic, and focus as used in the analysis of H...
This paper investigates the "discourse-configurationality" hypothesis in Hungarian, based on the cur...
In Hungarian, focused constituents appear in a preverbal position. Postverbal focus is possible, but...