The Dynamics of Focus Structure

Nomi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) Erteschik-Shir

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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This book develops a new theory of focus structure. It explores the role of focusing in natural language sentences and the role of this basic cognitive mechanism in explaining sentence stress, meaning and structure. The result is an innovative view of our linguistic competence.

ISBN-13
9780521024174
ISBN-10
052102417X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-02-13
Pages
296
Dimensions
152x230x17
Weight
454