The Grammar of Focus

by Georges Rebuschi
The Grammar of Focus
Author: Georges Rebuschi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027227454
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The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appraisal at this particular point is all the more legitimate because it comes at a time of general evaluation of the results of the profound activity that has characterized the Principles and Parameters framework. This general assessment has produced a radical new direction within that framework. The volume starts off with an introductory chapter that aims to provide an outline for the assessment, to be followed by an overview of the evolution of the study of focus in generative grammar, and a recapitulation of the principal issues associated with focus. These issues are taken up in the remaining chapters of the book, where various grammatical means of marking focus (as well as grammaticalization of focus marking) are analyzed in a wide variety of languages.

Focus Structure in Generative Grammar

by Carsten Breul
Focus Structure in Generative Grammar
Author: Carsten Breul
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027227928
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The notion of focus structure in this work refers to the distinction between categorical, thetic and identificational sentences. The central claim is that the syntactic representation of every sentence has to encode which of these types of focus structure is realized. This claim is discussed in great detail with respect to syntax, intonation and semantics within the framework of the Minimalist Program. It is shown that the incorporation of focus structure into syntax offers new perspectives for a solution of vexing problems in syntax and semantics. For example, fronting (preposing, 'topicalisation') is treated as a syntactic operation which clearly belongs to core grammar, i.e. is not optional or 'stylistic'; the semantic notion of quantifier raising is dispensed with in favour of a focus structural treatment of phenomena which gave rise to it. The book appeals to generative linguists and to functional linguists who do not believe in an unbridgeable gap between the formal and functional analysis of language.

Focus in Generative Grammar

by Michael S. Rochemont
Focus in Generative Grammar
Author: Michael S. Rochemont
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 235
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027286337
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The topic of this book is the notion of ‘focus’ and its linguistic characterization. The main thesis is that focus has a uniform grammatical identification only as a syntactic element with – in English at least – a certain systematic phonological interpretation and – presumably universally – a range of semantic interpretations. In broad respects, the framework within this investigation is conducted is that of Chomsky & Lasnik (1977) and the subsequent Government and Binding framework. After considering defining the location of prominence in a focused phrase in terms of constituent structure, the author argues that an argument structure approach to the focus phrase/prominence relation is more promising. This is then exemplified in analyses of cleft focus and constructional focus.

Focus on Grammar

by Marjorie Fuchs
Focus on Grammar
Author: Marjorie Fuchs
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages:
Release: 2000-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780201383027
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The Grammar of Focus

by Georges Rebuschi
The Grammar of Focus
Author: Georges Rebuschi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1999-11-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027299285
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The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appraisal at this particular point is all the more legitimate because it comes at a time of general evaluation of the results of the profound activity that has characterized the Principles and Parameters framework. This general assessment has produced a radical new direction within that framework. The volume starts off with an introductory chapter that aims to provide an outline for the assessment, to be followed by an overview of the evolution of the study of focus in generative grammar, and a recapitulation of the principal issues associated with focus. These issues are taken up in the remaining chapters of the book, where various grammatical means of marking focus (as well as grammaticalization of focus marking) are analyzed in a wide variety of languages.

FOCUS in the Theory of Grammar and the Syntax of Hungarian

by Julia Horvath
FOCUS in the Theory of Grammar and the Syntax of Hungarian
Author: Julia Horvath
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311084916X
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The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Grammar in Focus

by Marcelle Dray
Grammar in Focus
Author: Marcelle Dray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1993
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9789653680692
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Focus on Grammar and Meaning

by Luciana C. de Oliverira
Focus on Grammar and Meaning
Author: Luciana C. de Oliverira
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0194002845
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Focus on Grammar and Meaning explores how to teach grammar effectively to second or foreign language learners aged 5–18. It provides teachers with research insights that will help them to reflect on their classroom practice and enable them to experiment with different ways of teaching grammar. Taking a ‘systemic-functional’ approach, the authors emphasize the importance of linking language and meaning in teaching. Key research studies on grammar instruction are featured, examples from real classroom practice are examined, and activities are provided to help teachers relate the content to their own teaching context. Additional online resources at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/fogm Luciana C. de Oliveira is Associate Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. Mary J. Schleppegrell is Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Focus on Grammar 1

by Irene Schoenberg
Focus on Grammar 1
Author: Irene Schoenberg
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2011
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780132455916
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Through controlled and communicative exercises this text helps students to bridge the gap between identifying grammatical structures and using them. Each unit progresses through four steps: grammar in context, grammar presentation, focused practice and communication practice. Includes circling, matching, filling-in-the-blank, underlining, correcting, completion, short answer and writing exercises.