Perspectives on Information Structure in Austronesian Languages
Information structure is a relatively new field to linguistics and has only recently been studied for smaller and less described languages. This book is the first of its kind that brings together contributions on information structure in Austronesian languages. Current approaches from formal semanti...
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Language Science Press
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=3461102&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: nlebk uiTerm: 3461102 longDbName: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: btl: Perspectives on Information Structure in Austronesian Languages aug: au: Riesberg, Sonja Shiohara, Asako Utsumi, Atsuko sertl: Studies in Diversity Linguistics isbn: 9783961101085 imageinfo: pubinfo: dt: @attributes: year: 2018 month: 01 day: 01 dtAvail: @attributes: year: 2023 month: 02 day: 10 vid: 00021 pub: Language Science Press pubContract: Language Science Press place: Berlin, Germany price: 0.01 limitsGroup: maxCheckoutDays: 1500 pda: N printPagesOffline: 100 printPagesOnline: 100 previewPages: 10000 prePubGroup: dewey: @attributes: class: 499.25 item: 499 .25 lc: @attributes: class: PL5035 item: PL 5035 artinfo: ui: 3461102 1065536350 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: EB doid: NL$3461102$PDF caption: PDF download: Y tig: atl: Perspectives on Information Structure in Austronesian Languages ptl: Perspectives on Information Structure in Austronesian Languages aug: au: Riesberg, Sonja Shiohara, Asako Utsumi, Atsuko su: Austronesian languages--Syntax sug: subj: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General Austronesian languages--Syntax ab: Information structure is a relatively new field to linguistics and has only recently been studied for smaller and less described languages. This book is the first of its kind that brings together contributions on information structure in Austronesian languages. Current approaches from formal semantics, discourse studies, and intonational phonology are brought together with language specific and cross-linguistic expertise of Austronesian languages. The 13 chapters in this volume cover all subgroups of the large Austronesian family, including Formosan, Central Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, and Oceanic. The major focus, though, lies on Western Malayo-Polynesian languages. Some chapters investigate two of the largest languages in the region (Tagalog and different varieties of Malay), others study information-structural phenomena in small, underdescribed languages. The three overarching topics that are covered in this book are NP marking and reference tracking devices, syntactic structures and information-structural categories, and the interaction of information structure and prosody. Various data types build the basis for the different studies compiled in this book. Some chapters investigate written texts, such as modern novels (cf. Djenar's chapter on modern, standard Indonesian), or compare different text genres, such as, for example, oral narratives and translations of biblical narratives (cf. De Busser's chapter on Bunun). Most contributions, however, study natural spoken speech and make use of spoken corpora which have been compiled by the authors themselves. The volume comprises a number of different methods and theoretical frameworks. Two chapters make use of the Question Under Discussion approach, developed in formal semantics (cf. the chapters by Latrouite & Riester; Shiohara & Riester). Riesberg et al. apply the recently developed method of Rapid Prosody Transcription (RPT) to investigate native speakers'perception of prosodic prominences and boundaries in Papuan Malay. Other papers discuss theoretical consequences of their findings. Thus, for example, Himmelmann takes apart the most widespread framework for intonational phonology (ToBI) and argues that the analysis of Indonesian languages requires much simpler assumptions than the ones underlying the standard model. Arka & Sedeng ask the question how fine-grained information structure space should be conceptualized and modelled, e.g. in LFG. Schnell argues that elements that could be analysed as “topic” and “focus” categories, should better be described in terms of ‘packaging'and do not necessarily reflect any pragmatic roles in the first place. pubtype: eBook doctype: Book ougenre: Book language: English copyright: @attributes: flag: N copyrightText: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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