The Oxford Handbook of Information Structure

This book provides linguists with a clear critical and comprehensive overview of theoretical and experimental work on information structure. Leading researchers survey the main theories of information structure in syntax phonology and semantics as well as perspectives from psycholinguistics and other relevant fields. Following the editors'' introduction the book is divided into four parts. The first on theories of and theoretical perspectives on information structure includes chapters on focus topic and givenness. Part 2 covers a range of current issues in the field including quantification dislocation and intonation while Part 3 is concerned with experimental approaches to information structure including language processing and acquisition. The final part contains a series of linguistic case studies drawn from a wide variety of the world''s language families. This volume will be the standard guide to current work in information structure and a major point of departure for future research.