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Title Left Sentence Peripheries in Spanish : Diachronic, Variationist and Comparative Perspectives.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.

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Summary The aim of this paper is to describe the syntax and semantics of Focus Fronting (FF) constructions in a range of Romance languages, including both regional and diachronic varieties, in order to reclassify these constructions on the basis of a common comparative ground. I shall begin with a look at some Sardinian data, mostly already presented in earlier research literature, since this Romance language uses FF in more contexts than other Modern Romance varieties. Sardinian not only employs FF with argumental and adjunct constituents, but also with predicates. Moreover, Sardinian FF does not nec.
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Subject Spanish language -- Syntax.
Spanish language -- Syntax.
Spanish language -- Sentences.
Spanish language -- Sentences.
Spanish language -- Verb.
Spanish language -- Verb.
Spanish language -- Word order.
Spanish language -- Word order.
Spanish language.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Dufter, Andreas.
Octavio de Toledo, Álvaro S.
Other Form: Print version: Dufter, Andreas. Left Sentence Peripheries in Spanish 9789027255976
ISBN 9789027270290 (electronic book)
9027270295 (electronic book)
9781306977586 (electronic book)
1306977584 (electronic book)