The prosody and interpretation of non-exhaustive narrow focus in Basque

In this paper we analyze the intonational properties of a type of focus construction that has not been discussed in the literature on focus in generative grammar. We refer to a type of answers to wh-questions in which the constituent that fills the variable does not do so exhaustively, that is,...

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Main Authors: Gorka Elordieta, Aritz Irurtzun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UPV/EHU Press 2009-04-01
Series:Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo"
Online Access:https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/ASJU/article/view/1692