An interface approach to topic/focus structure

This dissertation examines how information structure is represented in the different components of Japanese grammar. Each chapter investigates how topic/comment structure and focus/background structure are manifested in a given component of the grammar; that is, in phonology, syntax, and discours...

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Main Author: Uechi, Akihiko
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9597