Contrastive, given, new - encoding varieties of topic and focus

This collection brings together recent work on the morphosyntax and phonology of different types of topics and foci, emphasizing the roles played by contrast and the given-new distinction when combined with the well-known concepts of topic and focus, addressing the finer details of these notions as well as possible effects of interactions.

Guest editors: Johannes Mursell & Sophie Repp


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The morpho-syntactic encoding of discourse-linked topics: an agreement alternation in inversion in North-Eastern Italian varieties
The morpho-syntactic encoding of discourse-linked topics: an agreement alternation in inversion in North-Eastern Italian varieties

Silvia Schaefer

2020-09-25 2020 • Volume 5

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Encoding different types of topics and foci in German Sign Language. A cartographic approach to sign language syntax
Encoding different types of topics and foci in German Sign Language. A cartographic approach to sign language syntax

Fabian Bross

2020-11-10 2020 • Volume 5

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Morphological marking of contrast in Tima
Morphological marking of contrast in Tima

Laura Becker and Gertrud Schneider-Blum

2020-12-28 2020 • Volume 5

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The greater the contrast, the greater the potential: On the effects of focus in syntax
The greater the contrast, the greater the potential: On the effects of focus in syntax

Silvio Cruschina

2021-01-18 2021 • Volume 6

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The expression of contrast in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)
The expression of contrast in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

Alexandra Navarrete-González

2021-03-25 2021 • Volume 6

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Asymmetry and Contrast: Coordination in Sign Language of the Netherlands

Katharina Hartmann, Roland Pfau and Iris Legeland

2021-09-20 2021 • Volume 6

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The influence of informativeness on the prosody of sentence topics

Stefan Baumann, Jane Mertens and Janina Kalbertodt

2021-09-10 2021 • Volume 6

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