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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Focus''' is an element or phrase which contains new information is put in focus. This can be done phonologically by assigning focal stress (cf. ''I saw'' JOHN), and/or syntactically by preposing (cf. ''John, I saw'') and [[scrambling]] (cf. ''ik gun zoiets<sub>i</sub> niemand t<sub>i</sub>'' 'I don't wish that upon anyone'). The focused phrase is interpreted at [[LF]] in a way similar to the interpretation of [[quantifier]]s and [[wh-phrase]]s.<br />
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=== Link ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Focus&lemmacode=753 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.<br />
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