Architecture of Topic

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This volume contains innovative papers that target the linguistic status of topic at the interface between grammar and discourse. The purpose of the volume is t

The Architecture of Focus

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This collection investigates the architecture of focus in linguistic theory from different theoretical perspectives. Research on focus and information structure

Ambiguity

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This edited volume investigates the concept of ambiguity and how it manifests itself in language and communication from a new perspective. The main goal is to u

Strategies of Ambiguity

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There has been a growing awareness that ambiguity is not just a necessary evil of the language system resulting, for instance, from its need for economy, or, by

Freezing

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Displacement is a fundamental property of human language, and the restrictions on displacement have been a central concern in generative grammar ever since Ross