Linguistics & Semiotics - General & Miscellaneous, Comparative Grammar
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Overview
All modes of perception (vision, hearing, etc) are organised into foreground or focus and background constituents. Natural language sentences are no different. This book explores the role of focusing in natural language sentences and the role of this basic cognitive mechanism in explaining sentence stress, meaning and structure. The result is an innovative view of our linguistic competence.Book Details
Published
December 1, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
296
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521024174