In:Focus and Background in Romance Languages
Edited by Andreas Dufter and Daniel Jacob
[Studies in Language Companion Series 112] 2009
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 18 June 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.112.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.112.toc
Table of contents
Introduction
Topicalization and focalization in French SI-clauses
Discourse functions of fronted foci in Italian and Spanish
Clefting and discourse organization: Comparing Germanic and Romance
Cleft sentences from Old Portuguese to Modern Portuguese
Fronting and verum focus in Spanish
Additive focus particles in bilingual language acquisition
Major constituent order, information packaging, and narrative structure in two Middle French texts
Grammatical and contextual restrictions on focal alternatives
Verb placement in Old Portuguese
Topic, focus, and background in Italian clauses
Index
