A comparative study of alternating presentational constructions in Dutch, English and Italian

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2016 - 2020 (ongoing)
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Department of Languages and Cultures
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Information structure
Syntax-discourse interface
Syntax
prosody
Comparative linguistics
General linguistics

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Abstract

This project aims to study the functional range and the alternating uses of four types of presentational constructions (prosodic inversion, syntactic inversion, syntactic inversion with filler insertion and syntactic split) in three Indo-European languages (English, Dutch and Italian).

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