@inbook{18ee562f64a14c18840bf22e69efeba8,
title = "Focus Inside: Evidence from Spanish and Chinese",
abstract = "This chapter provides a fresh empirical examination of the interpretations and structures of the focalizing ser (FS) construction in Spanish and the emphatic shi structure in Mandarin Chinese. Its findings support Belletti{\textquoteright}s (2004) claim that the TP-internal domain contains a focus projection, similar to what has been argued regarding sentences{\textquoteright} left periphery (CP). We report that these two typologically unrelated languages both allow TP-internal focus projections, before going on to explore the language-specific similarities and differences among various sentences containing ser and shi. Finally, we propose that both ser and shi acquire discourse functions to express focus information in a specific, systematic way.",
keywords = "Information structure, TP-internal focus, Spanish focalizing ser, Chinese shi",
author = "{M{\'e}ndez Vallejo}, {Dunia Catalina} and Hsu, {Yu Yin}",
year = "2024",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-19-4445-1_8",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-981-19-4444-4",
series = "Studies in East Asian Linguistics",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "151--179",
editor = "Jen Ting and Yu-Yin Hsu",
booktitle = "Linguistic Interfaces in East-Asian Languages",
address = "Singapore",
edition = "1",
}