Chapter 2. Theoretical background

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Chapter 2
Theoretical background

Published online: 22 September 2021

Article outline

2.1Introduction
2.2The general architecture
- 2.2.1Syntactic fundamentals
- 2.2.2Agreement
- 2.2.3Syntax without information structure
2.3Syntactic encoding of information structure
- 2.3.1The distribution of information-structural features
- 2.3.2Combining constituents with information-structural features
- 2.3.3Focus Projection
- 2.3.4The meaning of focus
2.4Information-structural projections in the periphery
- 2.4.1Information structure in the CP
- 2.4.2Information structure in the vP
- 2.4.3Different periphery equals different meaning
2.5Feature inheritance and Strong Uniformity
- 2.5.1Known phenomena
2.6Summary and conclusion
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