Provides an account of the complex interaction of intonational phenomena, semantics and pragmatics. Based on examples from German and English, and centred on an analysis of the fall-rise intonation contour, a semantic interpretation for two different pitch accents - focus and topic - is developed. Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACG; CFG; CFH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498. . 1997. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The Meaning of Topic and Focus: The 59th Street Bridge Accent: 3 (Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 041516897X
ISBN 13: 9780415168977
Binding: Hardcover
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This study provides an illuminating and ground-breaking account of the complex interaction of intonational phenomena, semantics and pragmatics. Based on examples from German and English, and centred on an analysis of the fall-rise intonation contour, a semantic interpretation for two different pitch accents - Focus and Topic - is developed. The cross-sentence, as well as the sentence internal semantic effects of these accents, follow from the given treatment. The account is based on Montogovian possible world semantics and Chomskian generative syntax.

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