This monograph's value resides in its detailed functional analysis of Left Dislocation, both from a cognitive-informational and a discourse-functional point of view. The former analysis focuses on features such as topic continuity and information status of the dislocated referent. The latter focuses on the multifunctional character of LD at the discourse level.

David Tizón-Couto is a postgraduate researcher for the Department of English, University of Vigo (Spain), and an instructor at the Official Language School in Vigo. He completed his PhD in 2011 on the syntactic, informational, functional and cognitive bases of left dislocation in recent English. His results have been disseminated in journals, collected volumes, and international conferences.

Leseprobe

Contents: Redefining Left Dislocation: Evidence from Late Modern English – Left Dislocation and the Theme-topic Interface – Discourse Functions of English LD.