Chapter 2. Topic, focus, given and new

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. List of tables xi
4. List of figures xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Acknowledgments xxi
7. Chapter 1. Presupposition and assertion 1
8. Chapter 2. Topic, focus, given and new 25
9. Chapter 3. Sociobiological perspectives 51
10. Chapter 4. Experimental perspectives on information structure processing 81
11. Chapter 5. Experimental perspectives on information structure processing 111
12. Chapter 6. A biolinguistic perspective on information structure 143
13. References 173
14. Index 189