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Focus Interpretation

Focus Interpretation is a pragmatic phenomenon that identifies the semantically or informationally salient component within an utterance, distinguishing it from background material by determining which constituent is highlighted for contrast, emphasis, or discourse relevance in context-sensitive interpretation.

107

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12.5K

Citations

151

Authors

80

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

107

1–5 of 107

Authors

151

  1. SC
    Silvio Cruschina

    University of Vienna, Austria

    4 publications · 265 citations

    4

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  2. MZ
    Malte Zimmermann

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    3 publications · 586 citations

    3

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  3. RF
    Ruth Filik

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 178 citations

    2

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  4. VB
    Valentina Bianchi

    University of Siena, Italy

    2 publications · 170 citations

    2

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  5. GB
    Giuliano Bocci

    University of Siena, Italy

    2 publications · 170 citations

    2

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Institutions

80

  1. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    511 citations

  2. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    305 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    322 citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    321 citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    221 citations

  7. University of Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    251 citations

  8. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    117 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    10 publications · 3K citations

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  2. Journal of Semantics

    8 publications · 419 citations

    8

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  3. Theoretical Linguistics

    7 publications · 341 citations

    7

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  4. The Linguistic Review

    5 publications · 248 citations

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  5. Language Acquisition

    3 publications · 149 citations

    3

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