Focus particles in German :: syntax, prosody, and information structure /

This study explores the grammar of focus particles in German. It gives a thorough description and analysis of focus particle constructions and links their syntactic, semantic, and information structural properties to their prosodic characteristics. The study also shows that focus particles present a...

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1. Verfasser: Sudhoff, Stefan, 1977-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 151.
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Zusammenfassung:This study explores the grammar of focus particles in German. It gives a thorough description and analysis of focus particle constructions and links their syntactic, semantic, and information structural properties to their prosodic characteristics. The study also shows that focus particles present a particularly well-suited subject for the investigation of the modularity of grammar in general. The first part of the book deals with the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of focus particle constructions and results in a modular account of the relation between their word order, information structur.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 335 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027288561
9027288569
9789027255341
9027255342
1282558730
9781282558731
9786612558733
6612558733
ISSN:0166-0829 ;

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