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The focus domain of is ‘also’ and its synonyms in finite and deverbal constructions in Hungarian

ORCiD logo with link | University of Pécs, Hungary
ORCiD logo with link | University of Pécs, Hungary
 | János Garay High School, Hungary
ORCiD logo with link | University of Pécs, Hungary
ORCiD logo with link | University of Pécs, Hungary
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Abstract
Establishing the intonational focus sensitivity of the Hungarian additive particle is ‘also’, Balogh, Kata & Corinna Langer. 2022. Additive particles, prosodic structure and focus sensitivity in Hungarian. Linguistics 60: 277–314. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar paves the way for a systematic investigation of additive-focus expressions in Hungarian based on Lambrecht, Knud. 1994. Information structure and sentence form. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar framework. Although it distinguishes a narrow focus and a broad additive focus meaning, this work does not mention a third, “intermediate” type of meaning: the focus domain of is can be broader than the narrow domain formed by a single constituent but narrower than the broad focus domain of a predicate phrase or sentence. Specifically, it can consist of pairs, triples, or generally n-tuples of constituents, which we term multidimensional focus domains here. Two other additive expressions, szintén ‘as well’ and akárcsak ‘just like’ can also function in this intermediate type of domain. All three additive-focus expressions can have multidimensional focus domains even in non-finite syntactic contexts, where their distribution, however, reveals some differences from their behavior in finite clauses. This study provides a detailed analysis of sentence linearization in the case of such additive multidimensional domains, showing that the relevant processes follow partly different syntactic patterns in the finite and non-finite cases.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The focus domain of additive particles
    • 2.1Is
    • 2.2Szintén and akárcsak
    • 2.3Additive-focus expressions in elliptical constructions
    • 2.4Interim summary
  • 3.A uniform syntactic analysis of the multidimensional focus domain
    • 3.1The syntactic structure of Hungarian sentences
    • 3.2The preverbal positions of is and its focus domain
    • 3.3The preverbal positions of szintén and its focus domain
    • 3.4The positions of akárcsak and its focus domain
  • 4.Non-finite constructions with additive-focus expressions
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Author queries
  • References
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