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This volume contains innovative papers that target the linguistic
status of topic at the interface between grammar and discourse. The
purpose of the volume is to discuss the universal properties of
topics and, at the same time, to document the range of
discourse-semantic and grammatical variation within this phenomenon
in European languages. The volume is structured accordingly: (i)
theoretical foundations of topicality in grammar and discourse;
(ii) discourse-semantic correlates of topicality; (iii) variation
in the grammatical (external and internal) encoding of topicality;
(iv) topics from the diachronic perspective. The articles take
different perspectives, including contrastive studies of modern
languages, studies on diachronic development, and typological
generalizations. They also take into consideration various types of
empirical data - introspective data, semi-spontaneously produced
data, experimental data and language corpora. The articles in this
volume show that the concept of topic is necessary for the
description and explanation of a number of discourse-semantic
phenomena. They present a state of the art account of the
architecture of topic while making recent research on the
phenomenon accessible to a wider readership.
This collection investigates the architecture of focus in
linguistic theory from different theoretical perspectives. Research
on focus and information structure in the last four decades has
shown that the phenomenon of focus is highly complex, the
theoretical approaches manifold, and the data highly sensitive. The
main emphasis has been placed on the integration of the notion of
focus in generative grammar. In recent years, however, the
approaches to focus and information structure underwent a radical
change in perspective. The theoretical concept of focus, its
related terms and phenomena became the object of research. Along
with it, the research questions shifted: instead of locating focus
in the architecture of grammar, linguists investigate the
architecture of focus itself. The central underlying idea of this
collection is to document this change in perspective with the aim
of isolating essential keystones and research areas in both the
theoretical and empirical domain. The book is structured
accordingly. Following the introduction, there are four main
sections: The general section discusses the theoretical foundations
of focus within grammar. The second section hosts papers which
investigate the representation of focus and topic at the
syntax-pragmatics interface. The third section discusses the
phonological representation of focus and its relation to meaning.
The papers of the final section investigate different types of
focus constructions in a variety languages. The collection of
papers on the architecture of focus, its interpretation and
representation mirror the establishment of the focus research
field.
This volume contains innovative papers that target the linguistic
status of topic at the interface between grammar and discourse. The
purpose of the volume is to discuss the universal properties of
topics and, at the same time, to document the range of
discourse-semantic and grammatical variation within this phenomenon
in European languages. The volume is structured accordingly: (i)
theoretical foundations of topicality in grammar and discourse;
(ii) discourse-semantic correlates of topicality; (iii) variation
in the grammatical (external and internal) encoding of topicality;
(iv) topics from the diachronic perspective. The articles take
different perspectives, including contrastive studies of modern
languages, studies on diachronic development, and typological
generalizations. They also take into consideration various types of
empirical data - introspective data, semi-spontaneously produced
data, experimental data and language corpora. The articles in this
volume show that the concept of topic is necessary for the
description and explanation of a number of discourse-semantic
phenomena. They present a state of the art account of the
architecture of topic while making recent research on the
phenomenon accessible to a wider readership.
Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten
[Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a
significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory
both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to
deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight
of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new
knowledge about human languages both synchronically and
diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical
analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality
linguistic studies from all the central areas of general
linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which
address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the
development of linguistic theory.
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