Three marked theme constructions in spoken English

Netz, Hadar; Kuzar, Ron

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2006.04.007

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“…Otherwise, the structure of the SM construction is not different from the structure of unmarked SVO sentences. For a more elaborate description of the form and function of SM, see Netz and Kuzar (2007). Going back to the LD construction, an important structural difference between English and Hebrew requires attention.…”

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“…Later it will be argued that this partial process of grammaticalization of LD influences native Hebrew speakers' perception of the LD construction. Netz and Kuzar (2007) discuss the pragmatic functions of the three constructions in spoken English, claiming that their use spans two domains of pragmatic functioning: discourse management and discourse content. Whereas in the realm of discourse content (contrast, listing, enumeration, etc.)…”

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The effect of marked topic on memory in Hebrew and English

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Kuzar²

2009

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This study examines and compares the effect of marked sentence structure on cognition and memory in English and Hebrew. It has been shown elsewhere that marked topic constructions in English have a significant effect on memory. Now, since Hebrew, like English, is an SV(O) (Subject-Verb-Object) language, the cognitive effect of marking the topic in Hebrew could be expected to be similar to the effect witnessed in English. However, the study presents data which attest unequivocally to the prevalence of marked topic constructions in Hebrew in comparison to English. In addition, through psycholinguistic experimentation, it is shown that in Hebrew deviations from the SV(O) structure are not as prominently marked as they are in English.

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The effect of marked topic on memory in Hebrew and English

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Kuzar²

2009

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“…Marked topics have been shown in linguistic literature to be prominent in discourse (Geluykens 1992, Lambrecht 1994, Prince 1998, Birner and Ward 1998, Gregory and Michaelis 2001, Netz and Kuzar 2007. However, the effect of their prominence on memory has not been explored.…”

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“…In all other respects, the sentence features the unmarked SVO structure. Following Netz and Kuzar (2007), cases like this are referred to in this paper as Subject Marking (SM).…”

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Do Marked Topics Enhance Memory?

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Eviatar

Kuzar

2011

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Do Marked Topics Enhance Memory? We examined the effects of markedness, the deviation from the canonical Subject-Verb-Object structure in English, on the memory of listeners for the topic of the sentence. We used three marked topic constructions: Left-Dislocation, Object-Fronting, and Subject-Marking. Sentences with these structures were inserted as the 6th item in lists of 12 canonical sentences. In all sentences the topic was the name of a man. We measured recall of the critical name. The results revealed that topics of Left-Dislocated sentences were recalled more than topics of the other constructions, with topics of Object-Fronting sentences recalled the least. We briefly discuss how sentence processing procedures might give rise to these effects.

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“…Huck and Na 1990;Herriman 2000a;Netz and Kuzar 2007) and the interpersonal (evaluative, modal, etc.) meanings conveyed by the matrices and various classes of postverbal complements (cf.…”

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Extraposition constructions in the deontic domain: state-of-affairs (SoA)-related versus speaker-related uses

linden

2010

Text &Amp; Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse &Amp; Communication Studies

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This study examines how extraposition constructions with adjectives, such as it is important to honour those who have done honour to us (CB) function in the deontic and directive domain. It is found that in these two domains, which correlate with different sets of adjectives, the adjectival expressions can function on two distinct levels, either relating to the real world (State of Affairs (SoA)-related), or relating to the speaker's argumentative goals (speaker-related). These levels have also been noted for other linguistic categories, such as interclausal relations (e.g., Davies 1979;Sweetser 1990;Verstraete 2007). Within the set of speaker-related uses, a further distinction will be proposed between text-building uses and mental focus on a proposition uses. The first type serves to build arguments, or to specify or justify the organization of a text. The second type is used to make the hearer focus mentally on a propositional content. It will be argued that this latter type is a partially filled construction in the sense of Goldberg (1995). In this sense, this study proposes a constructionally motivated typology of extraposition constructions in the deonticdirective domain.

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Three marked theme constructions in spoken English

Cited by 12 publications

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The effect of marked topic on memory in Hebrew and English

The effect of marked topic on memory in Hebrew and English

Do Marked Topics Enhance Memory?

Extraposition constructions in the deontic domain: state-of-affairs (SoA)-related versus speaker-related uses

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