Information structure, prosody, and word order

• Autores: Andreas Dufter, Christoph Gabriel
• Localización: Manual of Grammatical Interfaces in Romance / coord. por Susann Fischer, Christoph Gabriel, 2016, ISBN 9783110311785, págs. 419-455
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter addresses the expression of information structure in Romance languages, based on data from mainly Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish. Special regard is given to the syntax-phonology interface. After a critical survey of basic terms, we investigate information-structurally induced word order variation in simple and complex sentences, including clefting and dislocations, as well as the prosodic realizations of the respective structures. In addition, we discuss the intriguing issue of optionality or free variation, as predominantly occurs at the so-called ‘ external ’ interfaces, as well as its role in learner and contact varieties and in linguistic change.