Changes at the syntax-discourse interface

• Autores: Kristin M. Eide
• Localización: Manual of Grammatical Interfaces in Romance / coord. por Susann Fischer, Christoph Gabriel, 2016, ISBN 9783110311785, págs. 659-682
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter outlines the general correlations between topics, given information and subjects on the one hand and focus, new information and objects on the other hand and discusses how information structure can be disentangled from syntax in historical texts. A description of how these concepts pan out in the Romance languages, focuses on the change from V2-like structures in the medieval stages of the languages to the di ff erent ways of structuring information structure and syntax in the modern languages. Finally, some of the changes are described in more detail. The chapter does not aim at giving a comprehensive description of all Romance languages and dialects, but rather an overview of some of the changes that have taken place at the interfaces between syntax and information structure, with examples mainly from Portuguese.