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Author Kahnemuyipour, Arsalan.

Title The syntax of sentential stress / Arsalan Kahnemuyipour
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 25
Oxford linguistics.
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 25.
Contents General preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Setting the stage -- 2. Sentential stress: phonological accounts -- 3. Sentential stress: syntactic accounts -- 4. Sentential stress: a phase-based account -- 5. Sentential stress and information structure -- 6. Conclusions and implications -- References -- Index
Summary This book explores the nature of sentential stress, how it is assigned and its interaction with information structure. Its central thesis is that the position of sentential or nuclear stress is determined syntactically and that cross-linguistic differences in this respect follow from syntactic variations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Accents and accentuation.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences.
Emphasis (Linguistics)
Oral communication.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Phonetics & Phonology.
Accents and accentuation
Emphasis (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences
Oral communication
Akzent
Satz an sich
Phonologie
Syntax
Semantik
Adverb
Klemtoon.
Zinnen.
Englisch.
Persisch.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191570209
0191570206
0191711802
9780191711800