In:The Syntax of Information-Structural Agreement
Johannes Mursell
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 268] 2021
► pp. v–viii
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Published online: 22 September 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.268.toc
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Table of contents
List of symbols and abbreviationsXI
Chapter 1.Introduction1
Chapter 2.Theoretical background7
2.1Introduction7
2.2The general architecture8
2.2.1Syntactic fundamentals8
2.2.2Agreement11
2.2.3Syntax without information structure15
2.3Syntactic encoding of information structure19
2.3.1The distribution of information-structural features19
2.3.2Combining constituents with information-structural features22
2.3.3Focus projection24
2.3.4The meaning of focus26
2.4Information-structural projections in the periphery27
2.4.1Information structure in the CP28
2.4.2Information structure in the vP35
2.4.3Different periphery equals different meaning40
2.5Feature Inheritance and Strong Uniformity42
2.5.1Known phenomena49
2.6Summary and conclusion50
Chapter 3.Long distance agreement53
3.1Introduction53
3.2LDA crosslinguistically56
3.2.1Nakh-Dagestanian languages56
3.2.2Algonquian languages61
3.2.3LDA in Uyghur67
3.3Previous analyses71
3.3.1Polinsky & Potsdam (2001)72
3.3.2Bjorkman & Zeijlstra (2019)75
3.4LDA conditioned by information structure77
3.5Conclusion80
Chapter 4.Object marking in Swahili83
4.1Introduction83
4.2Background85
4.2.1General background85
4.2.2Swahili86
4.2.3Object marking in Bantu89
4.3The trigger for OM92
4.3.1Optional OM in Swahili94
4.3.2Obligatory OM in Swahili97
4.4Analysis99
4.4.1OM in Swahili is not cliticization100
4.4.2Agreement based on Givenness104
4.4.3Interaction of OM with other processes111
4.5Conclusion114
Chapter 5.Subject marking in Tagalog117
5.1Introduction117
5.2Tagalog background118
5.3Previous accounts121
5.3.1Case-based accounts121
5.3.2Topic and focus123
5.3.3Structural accounts124
5.4Analysis136
5.4.1Ang-phrase as Given136
5.4.2Subject agreement as determined by Givenness139
5.5Predictions and consequences143
5.6Conclusion148
Chapter 6.Focus particles in Lavukaleve151
6.1Introduction151
6.2Lavukaleve153
6.3Narrow focus157
6.4Wide focus160
6.4.1The Agreement Suffix161
6.4.2More data on wide focus constructions163
6.5Analysis165
6.5.1Narrow focus marking167
6.5.2Wide focus marking169
6.6Conclusion177
Chapter 7.Association with focus – general discussion179
7.1Introduction179
7.2Syntactic analyses of association with focus183
7.3Alternative Semantics185
7.4Structured Meaning189
7.5Agreement-based association with focus197
7.5.1Agreement based association with focus198
7.5.2Split only: Quek & Hirsch (2017)203
7.6Conclusion205
Chapter 8.Association with focus in German207
8.1Introduction208
8.2AwF in German – Büring & Hartmann (2001)212
8.2.1The a-theory of Büring & Hartmann (2001)212
8.2.2Arguments for adjunction to EVPs213
8.2.3Problems of the a-analysis217
8.3Two alternative accounts224
8.3.1Bayer (1996)225
8.3.2Sudhoff (2010)226
8.4The criticism of Reis (2005)227
8.5Reconstruction and Smeets & Wagner (2018)233
8.6AwF in German based on agreement236
8.7Adjunction of FPs in English249
8.8Conclusion251
Chapter 9.Conclusion253
9.1Summary and main findings253
9.2Directions for future research257
References261
Index279
