Multifactorial Information Management (MIM): summing up the emerging alternative to Information Structure

Ozerov Pavel

Abstract

The paper presents the emerging alternative to the field of Information Structure, termed hereMultifactorial Information Management (MIM). This framework regards the process of information structuringas an interplay of diverse language-specific categories and discourse strategies, belonging to various areas oflinguistic inquiry. The paper illustrates the application of this approach to cross-linguistic findings andsuggests perspectives for future research. It also demonstrates how a multifactorial approach to informationmanagement eliminates the need for idiosyncratic concepts such as topic, focus and dedicated cognitivemodels associated with them.