13. Dislocations and framings
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Mara Frascarelli
Abstract
This chapter provides a formal and pragmatic characterization of dislocation and framing, based on a comparative analysis of Romance languages. Given their shared quality as non-operator A΄-dependencies, dislocated constituents and framesetters are both treated as instances of topicalization and distinguished in terms of “sentence topics” and “limiting topics”, respectively. A typology of topics is then proposed, showing the correlation between discourse functions, prosodic properties and dedicated positions in the C-domain. In particular, sentence and limiting topics are illustrated and confronted for their intonational contours, morpho-syntactic properties (such as reconstruction, minimality and WCO effects), derivation, position in the functional array and role in the conversational dynamics. Attention is also paid to clitic resumption and a comparison with another type of dislocation, namely marginalization, is proposed. Based on naturalistic data and interpretive judgments, evidence is provided that framing must be kept distinct from dislocation and forms an independent discourse category.
Abstract
This chapter provides a formal and pragmatic characterization of dislocation and framing, based on a comparative analysis of Romance languages. Given their shared quality as non-operator A΄-dependencies, dislocated constituents and framesetters are both treated as instances of topicalization and distinguished in terms of “sentence topics” and “limiting topics”, respectively. A typology of topics is then proposed, showing the correlation between discourse functions, prosodic properties and dedicated positions in the C-domain. In particular, sentence and limiting topics are illustrated and confronted for their intonational contours, morpho-syntactic properties (such as reconstruction, minimality and WCO effects), derivation, position in the functional array and role in the conversational dynamics. Attention is also paid to clitic resumption and a comparison with another type of dislocation, namely marginalization, is proposed. Based on naturalistic data and interpretive judgments, evidence is provided that framing must be kept distinct from dislocation and forms an independent discourse category.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
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The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
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The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
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Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Table of Contents VII
- Abbreviations XI
- 1. Introduction 1
-
The verbal domain
- 2. Subjects 27
- 3. Objects 89
- 4. Argument structure and argument structure alternations 154
- 5. Clitic pronouns 183
- 6. Voice and voice alternations 230
- 7. Auxiliaries 272
- 8. Causative and perception verbs 299
- 9. Copular and existential constructions 332
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The clausal and sentential domains
- 10. Infinitival clauses 369
- 11. Tense, aspect, mood 397
- 12. Negation and polarity 449
- 13. Dislocations and framings 472
- 14. Focus Fronting 502
- 15. Cleft constructions 536
- 16. Interrogatives 569
- 17. Exclamatives, imperatives, optatives 603
- 18. Coordination and correlatives 647
-
The nominal domain
- 19. Gender and number 691
- 20. Determination and quantification 727
- 21. Adjectival and genitival modification 771
- 22. Relative clauses 804
-
Typological aspects
- 23. Syntheticity and Analyticity 839
- 24. Basic constituent orders 887
- List of Contributors 933
- Index 941
