Thematic structure and para-syntax: Arabic as a case study (Hardcover, 1)

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Signs, syntax, para-syntax, theme and rheme 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Signs 2.3 Grammar (morphology and syntax) as sign-level analysis 2.4 Syntax and para-syntax 2.4.1 Para-syntax: accented and unaccented units 2.4.2 Theme and rheme, given and new, Peri/Thema and Nuc/Rhema 2.4.3 Para-syntax: word order Chapter 3: Issues in defining ‘theme’ 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Theme as starting point of the utterance Chapter 4: Recursion 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Recursion 4.2.1 Formal recursion: intonation 4.2.2 Phrase-structural para-syntactic recursion Chapter 5: Summary of arguments so far Chapter 6: Traditional Arabic grammar analysis of Arabic clause structure 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Traditional Arabic grammar analysis of Arabic clause structure Chapter 7: Peri/Thema-Nuc/Rhema analysis of Standard Arabic 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Application of Peri/Thema-Nuc/Rhema analysis to Standard Arabic 7.3 Comparison with Baker’s (2011) analysis of Standard Arabic 7.4 Nuc/Rhema-markers and Peri/Thema-markers in Standard Arabic 7.4.1 Marked and unmarked themes in Standard Arabic 7.4.1.1 Functions of marked Peri/Themas in Modern Standard Arabic 7.4.1.1.1 Comparison of contrast or parallelism, stress, scene-setting and organisation of material, linkage and long Peri/Thema with categories in other writers 7.4.1.1.2 Given and new in relation to contrast or parallelism, stress, scene-setting and organisation of material, linkage and long Peri/Thema 7.4.2 Historical changes in Standard Arabic 7.5 A comparison with Arabic dialects and other languages Chapter 8: Phrase-structural para-syntax in Arabic: beyond theme and rheme 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Initiality as non-thematic discourse marker in Arabic 8.3 Initiality as non-thematic discourse marker: Standard Arabic compared to other languages Chapter 9: Phrase-structural para-syntactic notions vs. (real) semantic notions 9.1 Introduction 9.2 The necessity of separating phrase-structural para-syntactic from (real) semantic notions Chapter 10: Distinguishing syntax from para-syntax 10.1 Introduction 10.2 The necessity of distinguishing syntax from para-syntax in Standard Arabic Chapter 11: Conclusions Technical Appendix: Endnotes References Index