| Lemma | parallel focus |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | contrastive focus (inglese) counterpresuppositional focus (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | Parallel Focus is involved in such construction as:
(32) ‘John’ bought ‘a book’, and ‘Mary’ bought ‘a
magazine’
In such constructions there are typically two or more pairs of constituents such as (John, a book) and (Mary, a magazine), which are contrasted to each other. For this type of contrast it is immaterial whether the constituents involved present new or given information. Parallel Focus constructions typically have a rather pronounced prosodic pattern in which all the constituents from the relevant pairs get rather strong accent:
(33) /¯‘JOHN’ bought ‘a’ /¯‘BOOK’, and /¯‘MARy’
bought ‘a’ /¯‘Magazine’
[…]. |