Simard, Candide (2018) On being first. In: Information Structure in Lesser-described Languages: Studies in prosody and syntax. Studies in Language Companion Series (199). John Benjamens, France, pp. 85-118. ISBN 9789027201102
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This paper reconsiders first position (Baker & Mushin 2008) in the Australian language Ngarinyman, concentrating on prosody. Making use of a prosodic unit of reference helps clarify its ordering patterns, according to the given-before-new (Gundel 1988) and more-newsworthy-first (Mithun 1987) typology. Based on natural data, it examines the phrasing patterns of Noun Phrases (nps) in the same position but of different Information Structure (IS) categories: topics, including Framesetting (establishing time and place), Aboutness (the referent which the proposition is about) and Contrastive (selecting among a set of alternatives), or Argument Focus. An instrumental analysis of the durational cue reveals that Framesetting topics form a unique Intonation Unit; and gradience in the phrasing of nps according to their IS category.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Language, Arts and Media |
| Depositing User: | Candide Simard |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2024 01:32 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2024 01:32 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14309 |
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