Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences:

This volume is dedicated to exploring the crossroads where complex sentences and information management – more specifically information structure and reference tracking – come together. Complex sentences are a highly relevant but understudied domain for studying notions of IS and RT. On the one hand...

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Corporate Author: Workshop on Information Structure and Subordination: South America and Beyond Nimwegen (Author)
Other Authors: Gijn, Erik van 1976- (Editor), Hammond, Jeremy 1982- (Editor), Matić, Dejan 1979- (Editor), Putten, Saskia van (Editor), Galúcio, Ana Vilacy (Editor)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2014]
Series:Typological studies in language 105
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Summary:This volume is dedicated to exploring the crossroads where complex sentences and information management – more specifically information structure and reference tracking – come together. Complex sentences are a highly relevant but understudied domain for studying notions of IS and RT. On the one hand, a complex sentence can be studied as a mini-unit of discourse consisting of two or more elements describing events, situations, or processes, with its own internal information-structural and referential organization. On the other hand, complex sentences can be studied as parts of larger discourse structures, such as narratives or conversations, in terms of how their information-structural characteristics relate to this wider context. The book offers new perspectives for the study of the interaction between complex sentences and information management, and moreover adds typological breadth by focusing on lesser studied languages from several parts of the world.
Item Description:"The present volume grew out of the Workshop on Information Structure and Subordination: South America and Beyond (Nijmegen, April 27th–28th 2011)" - aus dem Vorwort
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VI, 409 Seiten)
ISBN:1306462983
9781306462983
9789027270757
9027270759
DOI:10.1075/tsl.105

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