Focus in Generative Grammar

• Preface | p. vii
• Dedication | p. ix
• Introduction | p. 1
• Chapter 1: Accent and Focus | p. 5
• 1.1. The NSR and the NSR'
• 1.2. The NSR”
• 1.3. Prominence
• Chapter 2: The Interpretation of Focus | p. 37
• 2.1. The Presupposition Analysis
• 2.2. c-construable
• 2.3. Narrow Focus, Contrast, and Default Accent
• Chapter 3: The Representation of Focus | p. 79
• 3.1. Focus and Argument Structure
• 3.2. The Structure of Discourse
• Chapter 4: Constructional Focus | p. 109
• 4.1. The Constructional Focus Principle
• 4.2. The Constructional Focus Position
• Chapter 5: Cleft Focus | p. 127
• 5.1. The Interpretation of Clefts
• 5.2. The Structure of Clefts
• 5.3. Cleft Focus Constructions and Parametric Variation
• Appendix — On Overt wh Phrases in English Cleft Clauses
• Chapter 6: Summary | p. 171
• Footnotes | p. 179

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