Meaning of Topic and Focus

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59th Street Bridge
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accent
answer
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background
bridge
Bridge Accent
Can
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Category=DS
Causal Clause
Comp
Discourse Appropriateness
Discourse Referents
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eq_biography-true-stories
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eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
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Generalized Quantifier
habe
ich
LF Representation
Narrow Scope Negation
Operator Variable Binding
Partitive Reading
Pop Stars
Quantifier Raising
Quantify Np
question
Question Answer Sequence
residual
Residual Topic
Semantic Information
sequences
Strong Quantifiers
structure
Topic Accent
Truth Conditional Effects
Unmarked Word Order
Vice Versa
Weak Crossover Effects
Weak Quantifiers

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  • ISBN 9781138980655
  • Weight: 400g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Apr 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This study provides an illuminating and ground-breaking account of the complex interaction of intonational phenomena, semantics and pragmatics. Based on examples from German and English, and centred on an analysis of the fall-rise intonation contour, a semantic interpretation for two different pitch accents - Focus and Topic - is developed. The cross-sentence, as well as the sentence internal semantic effects of these accents, follow from the given treatment. The account is based on Montogovian possible world semantics and Chomskian generative syntax.

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