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In the UNLarium, focus may assume the following values:
In the UNLarium, focus may assume the following values:


{{#tree:id=nl_tense|openlevels=0|root=Focus (FOC)|
{{#tree:id=foc|openlevels=0|root=Focus (FOC)|
*prominent (PRO): prominent
*prominent (PRO): prominent
*theme (THE): topic
*theme (THE): topic

Revision as of 18:52, 20 May 2013

Focus is a grammatical category that determines which part of the sentence contributes new, non-derivable, or contrastive information.

Natural language

In the UNLarium, focus may assume the following values:

{{#tree:id=foc|openlevels=0|root=Focus (FOC)|

  • prominent (PRO): prominent
  • theme (THE): topic
  • rheme (RHE): comment

}}

UNL

In UNL, focus is to be represented by the following attributes.

{{#tree:id=unl_aspect|openlevels=0|root=Aspect|