Experiments in Focus | Information Structure and Semantic Processing

Sam Featherston (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3110765985 / ISBN 13: 9783110765984

Published by De Gruyter, 2021

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Experiments in Focus | Information Structure and Semantic Processing | Sam Featherston (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2021 | De Gruyter | EAN 9783110765984 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: De Gruyter [9], Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, orders[at]degruyter[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Experiments in Focus | Information Structure and Semantic Processing
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110765985
• ISBN 13: 9783110765984
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 155H x 24D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 567 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This volume presents new and cutting-edge research on the question of how we parse, interpret and understand language in more complex discourse settings. The challenge is to find empirical evidence on how information structure and semantic processing are related. Comprehensible answers are provided by showing how syntax, phonology, semantics and pragmatics interact and how they influence semantic processing and interpretation. The analysis of core information structural concepts that contribute to processing such as focus and contrast, the specific discourse status of referents that add to the common ground, context dependency and markedness as well as prosodic prominence and givenness marking has added new and convincing evidence to the research of information structure and semantic processing.

About the Author

Sam Featherston, Robin Hörnig, Sophie von Wietersheim and Susanne Winkler, University of Tübingen, Germany.