Left Sentence Peripheries in Spanish : Diachronic, Variationist and Comparative Perspectives.

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Spanish language -- Syntax. Spanish language -- Sentences. Spanish language -- Verb. Spanish language -- Word order. Spanish language -- Sentences. Spanish language -- Syntax. Spanish language -- Verb. Spanish language -- Word order. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11275903

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Other authors / contributors:	Dufter, Andreas. Octavio de Toledo, Álvaro S.
ISBN:	9789027270290 9027270295 9781306977586 1306977584
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Summary:	The aim of this paper is to describe the syntax and semantics of Focus Fronting (FF) constructions in a range of Romance languages, including both regional and diachronic varieties, in order to reclassify these constructions on the basis of a common comparative ground. I shall begin with a look at some Sardinian data, mostly already presented in earlier research literature, since this Romance language uses FF in more contexts than other Modern Romance varieties. Sardinian not only employs FF with argumental and adjunct constituents, but also with predicates. Moreover, Sardinian FF does not nec.
Other form:	Print version: Dufter, Andreas. Left Sentence Peripheries in Spanish 9789027255976

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