Focus and VP ellipsis

Language and Speech

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Frazier, Lyn ^a   Clifton, Charles ^a   Carlson, Katy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrastive focus; F marking; Focus and ellipsis; Pitch accent; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248336720     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309070500010101     Document Type: Article

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