"The present book contains a selection of articles based on papers presented at the conference on 'Contrastive Information Structure Analysis' organised by Cars

This volume presents original comparative and contrastive research into various aspects of information structure (topic, focus, contrastivity, givenness, anapho

This volume explores various hitherto under-researched relationships between languages and their discourse-cultural settings. The first two sections analyze the

In research on Information Structure, there is an ongoing discussion about the role of contrast. While most linguists consider contrast to be compatible with bo

This book provides linguists with a clear, critical, and comprehensive overview of theoretical and experimental work on information structure. Leading researche