Aspects of the Grammar of Focus

The Author: Przemysław Tajsner, born in 1959, was awarded an M.A. in English from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 1982 and has been employed in the School of English since 1983. His research interests include general linguistics, generative syntax, comparative syntax and studies in information structure. He completed his Ph.D. in 1990, his D.Litt. in 1998, and in 1999 became Associate Professor at the School. He has taught courses and conducted research in the field of generative linguistics.

• Contents: Focus – The Minimalist Program – Syntax – Grammar – Nuclear Stress – Syntax-phonology Interface – Syntax-semantics Interface – Left-periphery – Topic – Phases – Derivation by Phases – Scrambling – Spell Out – Cleft Sentences – Emphatic Stress – Probe-goal – Agree – Interface Condition – Last Resort – Feature Checking – Tropicalization – Functional Heads – Information Structure.