Linguistics today (LA), 0166-0829 ; volume 268

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 268.

Contents Theoretical background -- Long distance agreement -- Object marking in Swahili -- Subject marking in Tagalog -- Focus particles in Lavukaleve -- Association with focus : general discussion -- Association with focus in German

Summary "In this research monograph, Johannes Mursell discusses the syntactic impact of information-structural features on agreement. So far, the syntactic contribution of this type of feature has mostly been reduced to movement of topics or foci clause-initial position. Here, the author looks at a different phenomenon, syntactic agreement, and how this process can be dependent on information-structural properties. Based partly on original fieldwork from a typologically diverse set of languages, including Tagalog, Swahili, and Lavukaleve, it is argued that for most areas for which information-structural features have been discussed, it is possible to find cases where these features influence phi-feature agreement. The analysis is then extended to cases of Association with Focus, which does not involve phi-features but can still be accounted for with agreement of information-structural features. The book achieves two main goals: first it provides a uniform analysis for different constructions in unrelated languages. Second, it also gives a new argument that information-structural features should be treated as genuine syntactic features"-- Provided by publisher

Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index

Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2021)

Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement.

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.

Discourse markers.

Focus (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Particles.

Discourse markers

Focus (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Particles

Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax

Form Electronic book

LC no. 2021016880

ISBN 9027259739

9789027259738

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