Notions of focus anaphoricity
Notions of focus anaphoricity
Author(s): Mats RoothSubject(s): Semantics
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: focus; intonation; breadth of focus; scope of focus; focus anaphoricity;
Summary/Abstract: This article reviews some of the theoretical notions and empirical phenomena which figure in current formal-semantic theories of focus. It also develops the connection between “alternative semantics” and “givenness” accounts of focus interpretation.
Journal: Acta Linguistica Hungarica (Since 2017 Acta Linguistica Academica)
- Issue Year: 55/2008
- Issue No: 3-4
- Page Range: 277-285
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English