Word order and information structure in Old Spanish
In this article it is claimed that in Old Spanish the discourse-sensitive field is exclusively the preverbal one. Focusing on object preposing, it is shown that the object can: (i) either be linked to a topic reading (England 1980, 1983; Danford 2002); or (ii) an information focus reading (cf. Crusc...
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Main Author: | Ioanna Sitaridou |
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Format: | article |
Language: | CA EN |
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2011
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/cfe979f0087b401f9b0d061f9fd6cfde |
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