‘Focus, Mode and Nucleus’

Carlos Gussenhoven

DBNL vignet


1. Focus, mode and the nucleus Introduction 1.0 Predictability vs free choice 2.0 Focus 3.0 The ‘meaning’ of [+focus] 4.0 On ‘normal stress’ 5.0 Accent assignment rules 6.0 Interpretative effects of saar 7.0 Some refinements 8.0 Mode 9.0 Minimal focus and the polarity focus rule (PFR) 10.0 Summary