Information structure : theoretical, typological, and experimental perspectives /
In this book leading scholars provide state-of-the-art overviews of approaches to the formal expression of information structure in natural language and its interaction with general principles of human cognition and communication. They present critical accounts of current understanding of how aspect...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In this book leading scholars provide state-of-the-art overviews of approaches to the formal expression of information structure in natural language and its interaction with general principles of human cognition and communication. They present critical accounts of current understanding of how aspects of grammar, such as prosody, syntax, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics, interact in the packing and unpacking of information in communication. They also look at thepsycholinguistics behind the production and perception of information-structural categories. The book reflects the advances in rec. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 412 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191571916 0191571911 0199570957 9780199570959 |