Word Order and Discourse: the Case of the Balkan Languages
Word Order and Discourse: the Case of the Balkan Languages
Author(s): Iliana KrapovaSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Syntax, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: topicalization; dislocation; clitics; focus; word order; Balkan languages
Summary/Abstract: The paper investigates word order in three Balkan languages (Bulgarian, Greek and Romanian). It is argued that Balkan languages are discourse prominent and variations with respect to discourse notions like topic or focus are examined from a comparative perspective and in view of their hierarchical ordering in the left periphery of the sentence, which corresponds to that portion of the sentence which hosts topicalized and focalized constituents.
Journal: Балканско езикознание / Linguistique balkanique
- Issue Year: 61/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 167-195
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English
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