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givenness deaccenting: a standalone construct

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Semantics

pattern, formalized as constraints on focus, in which discourse-given material is deaccented and accent falls on what is not given.

In semantics, givenness deaccenting refers to pattern, formalized as constraints on focus, in which discourse-given material is deaccented and accent falls on what is not given. This meaning comes from Schwarzschild (1999) in Natural Language Semantics.[1]

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accent2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs focus4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs natural3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Schwarzschild, R. (1999). Givenness, Avoidf and Other Constraints on the Placement of Accent. Natural Language Semantics, 7(2), 141-177. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1008370902407

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