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This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. The authors propose that the syntactic effect

Main description: This book addresses how core notions of information structure (topic, focus and contrast) are expressed in syntax. We propose that the syntact

In research on Information Structure, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of contrast. While most linguists consider contrast to be compatible with bo

This book explores how grammatical oppositions - for instance, the contrast between present and past tense - are encoded in the syntax of natural languages. The

Why do speakers of all languages use different grammatical structures under different communicative circumstances to express the same idea? Professor Lambrecht