Full Description
Until recently, little attention has been paid within syntax to components of discourse meaning that go beyond information structure and fall into the domain of non-at-issue meaning operating at the level of illocutionary force. To approach this domain, many of the contributions of this volume deal with the syntax of discourse particles. However, the issue of how to account for discourse particles within a more explicit map of the illocutionary domain is a good starting point for considering further phenomena related to the syntax of speech acts. By focusing on speech-act related particles and/or meaning domains, this volume makes a new contribution to the field, as existing collections either do not offer a comparatively narrow focus on particles or are not limited to syntax-oriented approaches. The primary audience of this volume are researchers and graduate students interested in state-of-the-art approaches to the syntax-discourse interface within the cartographic approach to syntax.
Contents
1. Issues in discourse-oriented syntax (by Bayer, Josef); 2. The derivation and interpretation of left peripheral discourse particles (by Bayer, Josef); 3. On the interpretation of modal particles in non-assertive speech acts in German and Bellunese (by Hinterholzl, Roland); 4. Italian verb-based discourse particles in a comparative perspective (by Cardinaletti, Anna); 5. Italian adverbs and discourse particles: Between recategorization and ambiguity (by Manzini, Maria Rita); 6. Is particle a (unified) category? (by Roussou, Anna); 7. The particle how (by Gelderen, Elly van); 8. The cartography of yes and no in West Flemish (by Haegeman, Liliane); 9. On polarity particles in Italian varieties (by Garzonio, Jacopo); 10. Discourse and the syntax of the left periphery: Clitic Left Dislocation and Hanging Topic (by Giorgi, Alessandra); 11. Index
