Discourse configurational languages (oxford studies in comparative syntax)

Comprising Eleven Studies On Languages With Designated Structural Topic And Focus Positions, This Volume Includes An Introduction Surveying The Empirical And Theoretical Problems Involved In The Description Of This Language Type. Focusing On Languages Outside The Traditional Indo-european Group, The Essays Look At Chadic, Somali, Basque, Catalan, Old Romance, Greek, Hungarian, Finnish, Korean, And Quechua. The Papers Provide Interesting New Empirical Data, As Well As A Variety Of Means And Alternatives Of Representing Them Structurally. At The Same Time, They Address Important Theoretical Questions In The Framework Of Generative Theory. This Is The First Study To Apply Methods Of Comparative Syntax To The Study Of Topic And Focus. 1. Introduction / Katalin E. Kiss — 2. Structural Focus, Structural Case, And The Notion Of Feature-assignment / Julia Horvath — 3. Aspects Of Discourse Configuationality In Somali / Marco Svolacchia, Lunella Mereu And Annarita Puglielli — 4. Residual Verb Second And Verb First In Basque / Jon Ortiz De Urbina — 5. Structural Properties Of Information Packaging In Catalan / Enric Vallduvi — 6. An F Position In Western Romance / Juan Uriagereka — 7. Focusing In Modern Greek / Ianthi Maria Tsimpli — 8. Np Movement, Operator Movement, And Scrambling In Hungarian / Katalin E. Kiss — 9. Discourse Configuationality In Finnish / Maria Vilkuna — 10. Focus And Topic Movement In Korean And Licensing / Hyon Sook Choe — 11. The Theory Of Syntactic Focalization Based On A Subcategorization Feature Of Verbs / Mi-jeung Jo — 12. Focus In Quechua / Pieter Muysken. Edited By Katalin É. Kiss. Includes Bibliographical References.