The role of selection in the comprehension of focus alternatives

Successful language comprehension often requires comprehenders to infer contrastive focus alternatives, but the mechanisms used to establish contrastive alternatives are still poorly understood. We propose that comprehenders establish contrastive alternatives by using selection mechanisms that disti...

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Main Authors: Husband, M, Ferreira, F
Format: Journal article
Published: Routledge 2015