i-iv -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Exploring the architecture of focus in grammar -- Part 1: Theoretical foundations of focus and information structure -- On the architecture of topic and focus -- Topic, focus and the structural dynamics of language -- On the (in)dependence relation between syntax and pragmatics -- Association with focus phrases -- Focus as identification -- Focussing as predication -- Part 2: The representation of focus, topic and contrast at the syntax-pragmatics interface -- On different kinds of contrast -- Contrast and movement to the German prefield -- Noncanonical negation and information structure in Finnish -- Double Negation and information structure: Somewhere between topic and focus -- Part 3: The phonological representation of focus, topic and contrast and its relation to meaning -- Focus projection and default prominence -- Focus on contrast and emphasis: Evidence from prosody -- Topic-focus controversies -- Part 4: Focus-related constructions in different languages -- Ellipsis at the interfaces: An information-structural proposal -- Elliptical dass-clauses in German -- On the discourse impact of subordinate clauses -- The influence of operators on the interpretation of DPs and PPs in German information structure -- Clefts in English and Norwegian: Implications for the grammar-pragmatics interface -- The complex functions of it-clefts -- Focus constructions in Hausa -- Index