Description: Information Structure and Sentence Form Topic, Focus, and the Mental Representations of Discourse Referents This major contribution to the study of discourse pragmatics investigates the 'information structure' of sentences. Knud Lambrecht (Author) 9780521587044, Cambridge University Press Paperback / softback, published 13 November 1996 408 pages 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.7 cm, 0.6 kg 'It represents the state of the art in functional syntax.' Journal of Linguistics Why do speakers of all languages use different grammatical structures under different communicative circumstances to express the same idea? Professor Lambrecht explores the relationship between the structure of the sentence and the linguistic and extra-linguistic context in which it is used. His analysis is based on the observation that the structure of a sentence reflects a speaker's assumption about the hearer's state of knowledge and consciousness at the time of the utterance. This relationship between speaker assumptions and formal sentence structure is governed by rules and conventions of grammar, in a component called 'information structure'. Four independent but interrelated categories are analysed: presupposition and assertion, identifiability and activation, topic, and focus. Preface 1. Introduction 2. Information 3. The mental representations of discourse referents 4. Pragmatic relations: topic 5. Pragmatic relations: focus 6. Conclusion Bibliography Index. Subject Areas: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG]
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BIC Subject Area 1: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc [CFG]
Book Title: Information Structure and Sentence Form
ISBN: 0521587042
Publication Date: 13/11/1996
Item Depth: 27
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Information Structure and Sentence Form: Topic, Focus, and the Mental Representations of Discourse Referents
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1996
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 600 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: Knud Lambrecht
Subject Area: Data Analysis
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Paperback
