Prague School: Functional Sentence Perspective
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Which structure is used to place an element near the beginning of a clause in English?

  • It-structure
  • Predicator structure
  • Cleft-structure (correct)
  • Wh-structure
  • In English, what linguistic unit is considered to be the domain of information structure?

  • Word group
  • Sentence
  • Clause
  • Tone group (correct)
  • Which principle accounts for the tendency to process information to achieve a linear presentation from low to high information value?

  • Principle of end-focus (correct)
  • Principle of thematic structuring
  • Principle of thematic choice
  • Principle of information focus
  • What type of structure is also known as a pseudo-cleft structure in English?

    <p>It-structure</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In English, which segment of a message conveys the information regarded as already known to the hearer?

    <p>Given</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which element in discourse carries the information focus by receiving the tonic accent?

    <p>'New' element</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is motivated by the principle of end-focus in English sentence structure?

    <p>Heavier structures towards the beginning of the clause</p> Signup and view all the answers

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