附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
THE GRAMMAR OF FOCUS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; The Grammar of Focus An Introduction; Aspects of the Syntax of Focus in Portuguese; Bound Focus or How can Association with Focus be Achieved without Going Semantically Astray?; Are There Cleft Sentences in French?; Focus Structure and Scope; The Interaction between Focus and Tone in Bantu; The Syntax of the P-Focus Position in Turkish; Word Order and Focus Positions in Universal Grammar; Focus in Wolof: A Study of What Morphology May Do to Syntax; Focus in Somali; Focus in Basque; Focus and Arabic Clefts.
摘要:The grammar of focus has been studied in generative grammar from its inception. It has been the subject of intense, detailed cross-linguistic investigation for over 20 years, particularly within the Principles and Parameters framework. It is appropriate at this point, therefore, to take stock. Appraisal at this particular point is all the more legitimate because it comes at a time of general evaluation of the results of the profound activity that has characterized the Principles and Parameters framework. This general assessment has produced a radical new direction within that framework. The vol.
