syntax following book readers list might find interest information please visit http mitpress mit edu promotions books zubpps98 prosody focus word order maria luisa zubizarreta monograph exemplifies new trend grammatical theory researchers combine findings one area linguistics specifically author looks relationship phrasal prominence focus romance germanic languages provide new insights properties grammatically articulated building upon previous results field argues phrasal prominence nuclear stress reflects syntactic ordering two varieties syntactic ordering first standard asymmetric ccommand ordering second ordering derived primitive relation selection holding head associated argument part difference germanic romance languages stems difference way two syntactic orderings interact mapping onto phrasal prominence author shows symmetry syntactic ordering phrasal prominence defined may broken independent requirement focused constituent must contain prominent element sentence two kinds processes come play repair broken symmetry one process deaccenting process movement called pmovement author shows proper understanding properties pmovement attained within framework minimalist program maria luisa zubizarreta associate professor university southern california linguistic inquiry monograph 33 august 1998 6 x 9 232 pp 4 illus paper isbn 0262 74021 4 cloth isbn 0262 24041 6 jud wolfskill associate publicist phone 617 2532079 mit press fax 617 2531709 five cambridge center e mail wolfskil mit edu cambridge 021421493 http mitpress mit edu