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 />
• The scope of the ~-operator<br />
� The ~-operator can attach at various syntactic<br />
levels, including NP (Rooth 1992, 1996).<br />
(9) A British farmer met [ NP [ NP a CaNAdian F farmer]~C 2 ]<br />
[[NP]] f = {an x farmer| x∈ nationality‘}<br />
[[C 2]] g = {a British farmer, a Canadian farmer}<br />
Zimmermann / Hole:<br />
<strong>Focus</strong> Semantics<br />
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