| Lemma | selecting 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) counter-presuppositional focus (inglese) expanding focus (inglese) focus (inglese) new focus (inglese) parallel focus (inglese) replacing focus (inglese) restricting focus (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | (v) “Selecting Focus”
S [Speaker] presumes that A [Addressee] believes that X or Y is correct, but does not know which. Usually, such a presupposition would be created through a disjunctive question of A’s:
(49) A: Would you like coffee or tea?
S: COFFEE, please.
S thus selects a correct piece of information from a list of possibilities offered by A. […].
Selecting Focus involves a contrast between the information chosen and the information rejected. Both pieces of information may be made explicit, as in:
(50) A: Did John buy coffee or rice?
S: He bought COFFEE, not RICE. When Focus strategies are distinguished according to communicative point, the following distinctions are potentially relevant:
[immagine]
[…]. |