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Chapter 2. Information-structural properties of is that clauses

  • Eva-Maria Remberger
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Information-Structural Perspectives on Discourse Particles
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Abstract

This article is concerned with what are known as inferential constructions, i.e. clauses where the expressions it’s (just) that or it’s not that have gained the function of discourse markers. Similar expressions also exist in Romance. The corresponding construction in Spanish is introduced by es que and the content of the following clause is always focal, in the sense that it contains information that relates to a variable inferable from the context (exhaustive information focus). The particular information-structural properties presented by both the es que-construction and its negative and interrogative counterparts can only be explained by an analysis of their underlying development. In this respect, these constructions constitute a good illustration of the interplay of discourse and grammaticalization, especially the interface between syntax and pragmatics, where information-structural properties are located.

Abstract

This article is concerned with what are known as inferential constructions, i.e. clauses where the expressions it’s (just) that or it’s not that have gained the function of discourse markers. Similar expressions also exist in Romance. The corresponding construction in Spanish is introduced by es que and the content of the following clause is always focal, in the sense that it contains information that relates to a variable inferable from the context (exhaustive information focus). The particular information-structural properties presented by both the es que-construction and its negative and interrogative counterparts can only be explained by an analysis of their underlying development. In this respect, these constructions constitute a good illustration of the interplay of discourse and grammaticalization, especially the interface between syntax and pragmatics, where information-structural properties are located.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The contribution of information structural strategies to the rise of discourse particles
  5. Chapter 1. Discourse particle position and information structure 27
  6. Chapter 2. Information-structural properties of is that clauses 47
  7. Chapter 3. Kazakh particle ğoj as an existential operator 71
  8. Chapter 4. From focus marking to illocutionary modification 111
  9. Part II. Information structure as a factor in the interpretation of polysemic and polyfunctional particles
  10. Chapter 5. Final or medial 135
  11. Chapter 6. Types and functions of wa -marked DPs and their structural distribution in a Japanese sentence 161
  12. Chapter 7. Is the information-structural contribution of modal particles in the syntax, in discourse structure, or in both? 177
  13. Part III. The contribution of discourse particles to the information-structural characterization of illocutionary acts
  14. Chapter 8. Discourse particles in thetic judgments, in dependent sentences, and in non-finite phrases 195
  15. Chapter 9. Information structure, null case particle and sentence final discourse particle 223
  16. Chapter 10. The discourse marker hani in Turkish 251
  17. Chapter 11. Modal particles in Basque 277
  18. Language index 301
  19. Subject Index 303
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.213.02rem

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The contribution of information structural strategies to the rise of discourse particles
  5. Chapter 1. Discourse particle position and information structure 27
  6. Chapter 2. Information-structural properties of is that clauses 47
  7. Chapter 3. Kazakh particle ğoj as an existential operator 71
  8. Chapter 4. From focus marking to illocutionary modification 111
  9. Part II. Information structure as a factor in the interpretation of polysemic and polyfunctional particles
  10. Chapter 5. Final or medial 135
  11. Chapter 6. Types and functions of wa -marked DPs and their structural distribution in a Japanese sentence 161
  12. Chapter 7. Is the information-structural contribution of modal particles in the syntax, in discourse structure, or in both? 177
  13. Part III. The contribution of discourse particles to the information-structural characterization of illocutionary acts
  14. Chapter 8. Discourse particles in thetic judgments, in dependent sentences, and in non-finite phrases 195
  15. Chapter 9. Information structure, null case particle and sentence final discourse particle 223
  16. Chapter 10. The discourse marker hani in Turkish 251
  17. Chapter 11. Modal particles in Basque 277
  18. Language index 301
  19. Subject Index 303
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