Reading List

IS and Intonation / Accent Placement

Compulsory

• Gussenhoven, C. (1983). Focus, Mode and the Nucleus. Journal of Linguistics 19. 377-417.
• Ladd, D.R. (1996). Intonational Phonology. CUP.
• Uhmann, S. (1988). Akzenttöne, Grenztöne und Fokussilben. Zum Aufbau eines phonologischen Intonationssystems für das Deutsche. In: H. Altmann (ed.) Intonationsforschungen. Niemeyer. 65-88.
• Uhmann, S. (1991). Fokusphonologie. Niemeyer.

• Bolinger, D. (1972). Accent is Predictable (if you're a Mind-reader). Language 48. 633-644.
  (Highlighting-based account of focus)
• Bolinger, D. (1985). Two Views of Accent. Journal of Linguistics 21. 79-123.
  (Structure-based vs. highlighting-based accounts of focus)
• Féry, C. (1993). German Intonational Patterns. Niemeyer.
• Grice, M., S. Baumann & R. Benzmüller (to appear). German Intonation within the Framework of Autosegmental-Metrical Phonology. In: Sun-Ah Jun (ed.) Prosodic Typology: An Approach through Tone and Break Indices. OUP.
  (Overview of different accounts of German intonation)
• Halliday, M.A.K. (1967). Notes on Transitivity and Theme in English (part II). Journal of Linguistics 3, 199-244.
• Ladd, D.R. (1996). Intonational Phonology. CUP. 174-197.
  (Deaccenting, semantic weight, predicates vs. arguments)
• Pierrehumbert, J. & J. Hirschberg (1990). The Meaning of Intonational Contours in the Interpretation of Discourse. In. P.R. Cohen et al. (eds.) Intentions in Communication. MIT Press. 271-311.
  (A compositional account of intonational meaning within the AM framework)
• Selkirk, E.O. (1984). Phonology and Syntax: the Relation between Sound and Structure. MIT Press.

IS and Context

Compulsory

• Prince, E.F. (1981). Toward a Taxonomy of Given-New Information. In P. Cole (ed.) Radical Pragmatics. New York: Academic Press. 223-256.

• Chafe, W. (1994). Discourse, Consciousness, and Time. Univ. of Chicago Press.
• Givon, T. (1989). Mind, Code and Context: Essays in Pragmatics. Erlbaum.
• Givon, T. (1990). Syntax. A Functional-Typological Introduction. Vol.II. Benjamins.
  (Grammar as mental processing instructions)
• Gundel, J., N. Hedberg & R. Zacharski (1993). Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions. Language 69. 274-307.

IS in German (word order, focus projection, particles)

• Höhle, T. (1982). Explikation für 'normale Betonung' und 'normale Wortstellung'. In: W. Abraham (ed.) Satzglieder im Deutschen. Narr. 75-152.
• Jacobs, J. (1982). Syntax und Semantik der Negation im Deutschen. Fink.
• Jacobs, J. (1984). Funktionale Satzperspektive und Illokutionssemantik. Linguistische Berichte 91. 25-58.
• Jacobs, J. (1988a). Fokus-Hintergrund-Gliederung und Grammatik. In: H. Altmann (ed.) Intonationsforschungen. Niemeyer. 89-134.
• Jacobs, J. (1988b). Probleme der freien Wortstellung im Deutschen. Sprache und Pragmatik. Arbeitsberichte 5. 8-37.
• von Stechow, A. & S. Uhmann (1986). Some Remarks on Focus Projektion. In: W. Abraham & de Meij (eds.) Topic, Focus, and Configurationality. Benjamins. 295-320.