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Information-structure Typology

Information-Structure Typology is a subfield of linguistic typology that systematically classifies and compares the grammatical encoding of information-structure phenomena across languages, distinguished by its focus on how languages universally organize content into categories such as topic, focus, givenness, and contrast.

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2017–2026

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Information Structure Typology

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Typology and Functional Domains

T. Givón · Studies in Language · 1981 · 341 citations

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Language learners restructure their input to facilitate efficient communication

Maryia Fedzechkina, T. Florian Jaeger, Elissa L. Newport · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 245 citations · Full text

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Connecting the linguistic hierarchy and the numerical scale for the 2-tuple linguistic model and its use to deal with hesitant unbalanced linguistic information

Yucheng Dong, Cong‐Cong Li, Francisco Herrera · Information Sciences · 2016 · 231 citations

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Presentational focus and thematic structure in comparative Bantu

Katherine Demuth, Sheila Onkaetse Mmusi · Journal of African Languages and Linguistics · 1997 · 210 citations

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Experimental work on prosodically-marked information structure in selected african languages (afroasiatic and Niger-congo)

Sabine Zerbian, Susanne Genzel, Frank Kügler · 2010 · 158 citations · Full text

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Authors

136

  1. JC
    Jennifer Culbertson

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. VM
    Viviana Masia

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  3. EL
    Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri

    Roma Tre University, Italy

    2 publications · 98 citations

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  4. ZF
    Zygmunt Frajzyngier

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    2 publications · 53 citations

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  5. FK
    Frank Kügler

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    2 publications · 248 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    323 citations

  2. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    137 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    137 citations

  4. Roma Tre University

    Rome, Italy

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    457 citations

  5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  6. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    110 citations

  7. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  8. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    266 citations

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Venues

  1. Linguistics

    6 publications · 232 citations

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  2. Lingua

    4 publications · 78 citations

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  3. Journal of Logic Language and Information

    2 publications · 226 citations

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  4. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 1 publications · 59 citations

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  5. Information Sciences

    2 publications · 273 citations

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