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Alternating constructions on the semantics-pragmatics interface : theticity and sentence-focus in Dutch and Italian Ghent University
Illocution and focus at the semantics-pragmatics interface in Umpithamu (Cape York, Australia) KU Leuven
This article analyses the interaction between semantic and pragmatic information in illocution and focus marking in Umpithamu (Cape York, Australia), and it uses these data to argue that while FDG can deal with the basics of the semantics-pragmatics interface, it lacks three crucial features to represent the interaction between semantic and pragmatic information in an adequate way. The marking of illocution illustrates the importance of ...
Dutch sentence focus constructions on the semantics-pragmatics interface : a case study Ghent University
This paper reports on an ongoing investigation of the semantics and pragmatics of the Dutch Syntactic Inversion with Filler Insertion Construction (henceforth: SIFIC). Formally, the SIFIC is characterized by a non-canonical syntactic sentence structure, whereby the subject follows the verb, which in turn is preceded by the adverbial pronoun er, as illustrated in (1) and (2). (1) Er valt sneeuw there falls snow ‘It is snowing.’ (2) Er loopt ...