Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1. Interfaces of information structure -- Topic accent and prosodic structure -- The prosodic annotation of C-ORAL-ROM and the structure of information in spoken language -- Universals of information structure -- Section 2. Grammar and information structure in Italian and some of its dialects -- Constructions with preposed infinitive: Typological and pragmatic notes -- Negation and «Focus Clash» in Sardinian -- Do-support in a Sicilian variety, an Italian pseudo-cleft, and the packaging of information -- Clitics and anaphoric relations in informational patterning: A corpus-driven research on spontaneous spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM) -- The informational structure and the scope of lexical modality in spoken Italian (C-ORAL-ROM) -- Section 3. Diachronic aspects in Italian -- On two functions of verb-subject order in Old Italian -- Between thematicity and grammaticalisation: The diachronic rearrangement of information structure and the position of clitic pronouns in Italian -- Section 4. Pragmatically oriented languages -- Information structure in Slavic languages -- Position, function and interpretation of topics in Somali -- Section 5. Some more aspects of information structure -- Acquiring the grammar of topicality in L2 Italian: A comparative approach -- Appendix" or "postposed Topic": Where does the difference lie? -- Backmatter