Focus Marking, Focus Interpretation & Focus Sensitivity
Focus Marking, Focus Interpretation & Focus Sensitivity
Focus Marking, Focus Interpretation & Focus Sensitivity
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1. Context <strong>Sensitivity</strong> - 2. SM and/or AS? - 3. <strong>Focus</strong> Meaning<br />
• Formal Implementation: ~C<br />
(Rooth 1992)<br />
The relation between the unrestricted set of<br />
alternatives induced by focus marking and the<br />
contextually restricted set of relevant<br />
alternatives is mediated by a covert variable C<br />
and the squiggle operator ‚~’.<br />
Zimmermann / Hole:<br />
<strong>Focus</strong> Semantics<br />
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