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Information structure

In linguistics, information structure, also called information packaging, describes the way in which information is formally packaged within a sentence. This generally includes only those aspects of information that "respond to the temporary state of the addressee's mind", and excludes other aspects of linguistic information such as references to…

Mechanisms in various languages, Overview & Concepts

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Mechanisms in various languages

EnglishIntonationPitchDislocationAnaphora
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Overview

LinguisticsInformationFormallySentencePoliteness
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Concepts

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Mechanisms in various languages

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Information structure

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples22
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Information structure

Top relations

related to Topic and comment · 11
Information structure → About, As, English, Japanese, Korean, Some, Speaking, That, The, Topic, What
related to Mechanisms in various languages · 6
Information structure → Cross-linguistically, English, For, In, Information, Other
related to Terminology · 4
Information structure → Chafe, Halliday, In, The

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Important terminology

information focus structure topic linguistic background givenness given also comment like one languages linguistics english syntactic used notions cognitive grammatical

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
references to backgroundinstance ofand excludes other aspects of linguistic information0.80text
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesInformation0.60section
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesIn0.60section
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesEnglish0.60section
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesOther0.60section
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesCross-linguistically0.60section
Information structurerelated to Mechanisms in various languagesFor0.60section
Information structurerelated to TerminologyThe0.60section
Information structurerelated to TerminologyHalliday0.60section
Information structurerelated to TerminologyIn0.60section
Information structurerelated to TerminologyChafe0.60section
Information structurerelated to Topic and commentThe0.60section

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