Towards a typology of focus: Subject position and microvariation at the discourse–syntax interface

In this work I explore the different discourse–syntax interface properties of focus fronting in Standard Spanish (SS) and Southern Peninsular Spanish (SPS) including Andalusian and Extremaduran varieties. In SS it is taken for granted that in focus fronting the verb is obligatorily adjacent to the p...

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Main Author: Ángel L. Jiménez-Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Ampersand
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039015000077