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1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 112
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 112.
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| Summary |
Papers presented at a workshop, Focus and background in Romance languages, that convened during the 30th Romanistentag, in Vienna, Austria, 23-27 September 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Andreas Dufter and Daniel Jacob -- Topicalization and focalization in French SI-clauses / Jeanne Aptekman -- Discourse functions of fronted foci in Italian and Spanish / Lisa Brunetti -- Clefting and discourse organization: comparing Germanic and Romance / Andreas Dufter -- Cleft sentences from Old Portuguese to modern Portuguese / Mary A. Kato and Ilza Ribeiro -- Fronting and verum focus in Spanish / Manuel Leonetti and Victoria Escandell-Vidal -- Additive focus particles in bilingual language acquisition / Estelle Leray -- Major constituent order, information packaging, and narrative structure in two Middle French texts / Claude Muller -- Grammatical and contextual restrictions on focal alternatives / Edgar Onea and Klaus von Heusinger -- Verb placement in Old Portuguese / Esther Rinke -- Topic, focus, and background in Italian clauses / Vieri Samek-Lodovici. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Romance languages -- Congresses.
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Romance languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Dufter, Andreas.
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Jacob, Daniel, 1957-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Romanistentag (30th : 2007 : Vienna, Austria). Focus and background in Romance languages. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2009 9789027205797 9027205795 (DLC) 2009007669 (OCoLC)310401865 |
| ISBN |
9789027289520 (electronic book) |
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9027289522 (electronic book) |
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9789027205797 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027205795 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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