The topic of this book is the notion of 'focus' and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with - in English at least - a certain systematic phonological interpretation and - presumably universally - a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
| ISBN: | 9789027227911 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1986 |
| Author: | Michael Rochemont |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology |
The topic of this book is the notion of 'focus' and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with - in English at least - a certain systematic phonological interpretation and - presumably universally - a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.
Focus in Generative Grammar features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology
Focus in Generative Grammar is available in Paperback
Focus in Generative Grammar was written by Michael Rochemont and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Focus in Generative Grammar has 231 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Generative Linguistic Analysis series