Syntax-Information Structure Interactions in the Sentential, Verbal and Nominal Peripheries
| By: | Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández |
| Publisher: | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Print ISBN: | 9781036428983 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781527549142 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2020 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book explores the connection between information structure and syntax, examining phenomena like topic and focus fronting in English and Spanish. It argues that differences in word order across languages are the consequence of feature inheritance in the sentence periphery.