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On the Role of Contrast in Information Structure

On the Role of Contrast in Information Structure

Brysbaert, Jorina
Lahousse, Karen

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm], Book 382

Miscellaneous LanguagesLinguistics

ISBN10: 3110997894
ISBN13: 9783110997897
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Jun 4 2024
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In research on Information Structure, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of contrast.
While most linguists consider contrast to be compatible with both focus and topic, some argue that it is an autonomous IS category. Contrast has been shown to be encoded by different linguistic means, such as specific morphemes, adverbials, clefts, prosodic cues. Hence, this concept is also related to other domains, in particular morphosyntax and prosody. The precise way in which they interact is however not yet entirely clear. Moreover, from a methodological point of view, the identification and annotation of contrast in corpora is not straightforward.

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