Basic notions of information structure

This article takes stock of the basic notions of Information Structure (IS). It first provides a general characterization of IS — following Chafe (1976) — within a communicative model of Common Ground (CG), which distinguishes between CG content and CG management. IS is concerned with those features of language that concern the local CG. Second, this paper defines and discusses the notions of Focus (as indicating alternatives) and its various uses, Givenness (as indicating that a denotation is already present in the CG), and Topic (as specifying what a statement is about). It also proposes a new notion, Delimitation, which comprises contrastive topics and frame setters, and indicates that the current conversational move does not entirely satisfy the local communicative needs. It also points out that rhetorical structuring partly belongs to IS.

Metadaten
Verfasserangaben:	Manfred Krifka ORCiD GND
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1112151
URL:	http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/1960/
ISBN:	978-3-939469-88-9
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Deutsch):	The notions of information structure / Caroline Féry (ed.) ; Working Papers of the SFB 632, Interdisciplinary studies on information structure (ISIS) ; Vol. 6
Verlag:	Univ.-Verl.
Verlagsort:	Potsdam
Dokumentart:	Teil eines Buches (Kapitel)
Sprache:	Englisch
Jahr der Fertigstellung:	2007
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:	2007
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Datum der Freischaltung:	06.11.2008
Freies Schlagwort / Tag:	Information structure; contrast; focus; givenness; topic
Seitenzahl:	44
Erste Seite:	13
Letzte Seite:	55
Quelle:	http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2008/1960/ ; (in:) C. Féry et al. : The notions of information structure. Interdisciplinary Studies on Information Structure (ISIS), 6, 2007.
HeBIS-PPN:	207576017
DDC-Klassifikation:	4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache
Sammlungen:	Linguistik
Lizenz (Deutsch):	Deutsches Urheberrecht

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