The syntax-prosody interface : a cartographic perspective with evidence from Italian /

The syntax-prosody interface : a cartographic perspective with evidence from Italian /

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Author / Creator:	Bocci, Giuliano.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 204 Linguistik aktuell ; v. 204.
Subject:	Italian language -- Syntax. Italian language -- Dialects -- Syntax. Italian language -- Phonetics. Italian language -- Dialects -- Syntax. Italian language -- Phonetics. Italian language -- Syntax. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202442

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ISBN:	9789027272294 9027272298 9789027255877 9027255873
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book presents an experimental and theoretical investigation of the interplay between information structure, word order alternations, and prosody in Italian. Left/right dislocations, focus fronting, and other reordering phenomena are analyzed, taking into account their morphosyntactic and prosodic properties. It is argued that a restricted set of discourse-related properties are inserted in the numeration as formal features. These discourse-related features drive the syntactic derivation and the formation of the prosodic representation in compliance with the T-model of grammar. Based on th.
Other form:	Print version: Bocci, Giuliano. Syntax-Prosody Interface. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027255877

Table of Contents:

-1. Prelim pages
0. Table of contents
1. Acknowledgments
2. Introduction
3. 1. The cartographic approach and the left periphery of the clause in Italian
4. 2. The right periphery of the clause
5. 3. Crosslinguistic variation
6. 4. Focus on subjects in preverbal position
7. 5. Focus on Topics
8. 6. From syntax to prosody
9. References
10. Index