The Dynamics of Focus Structure

By Nomi Erteschik-Shir

Book Overview

All modes of perception (vision, hearing, etc.) are organized 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052102417X
• ISBN13: 9780521024174
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"