The de-accenting of given information: A cognitive universal?

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. i-iv i
2. General Preface v
3. Contents ix
4. Contents detailed xi
5. Contributors xxiii
6. I. General issue
7. Introduction 3
8. Spoken and written language 9
9. II. From function to form
10. Sentence topics in the languages of Europe and beyond 67
11. Focus in the languages of Europe 121
12. Deixis and anaphora: Some case studies 215
13. Theticity 255
14. III. From form to function
15. The de-accenting of given information: A cognitive universal? 311
16. Interaction of syntactic and pragmatic factors on basic word order in the languages of Europe 357
17. Articles and article systems in some areas of Europe 545
18. Subject index. Language index. Author index 613