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Left-peripheral Focus

Left-Peripheral Focus is a syntactic phenomenon in information structure whereby a constituent is marked as focal by its placement in the left-peripheral region of the clause, typically for pragmatic emphasis or contrast, distinguishing it from other focus-marking strategies by its positional and structural properties.

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2017–2026

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Conditionals, factives and the left periphery

Liliane Haegeman · Lingua · 2006 · 385 citations · Full text

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Left peripheral focus: mismatches between syntax and information structure

Gisbert Fanselow, Denisa Lenertová · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 2010 · 289 citations · Full text

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Left periphery and how-why alternations

Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai · Journal of East Asian Linguistics · 2008 · 184 citations

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Pragmatic Properties of Certain German and English Left Peripheral Constructions

Werner Frey · Linguistics · 2005 · 153 citations

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A flexible approach to the mapping of intonational phrases

Fatima Hamlaoui, Kriszta Szendröi · Phonology · 2015 · 132 citations

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Authors

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  1. LH
    Liliane Haegeman

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 506 citations

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  2. KS
    Kriszta Szendröi

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 183 citations

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  3. ER
    Eva‐Maria Remberger

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    3 publications · 119 citations

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  4. FH
    Fatima Hamlaoui

    Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

    2 publications · 149 citations

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  5. AM
    André Meinunger

    Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Germany

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics

    Berlin, Germany

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    340 citations

  2. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    361 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    166 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    92 citations

  5. University of Konstanz

    Konstanz, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    155 citations

  6. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

  8. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    289 citations

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  1. Lingua

    6 publications · 711 citations

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  2. Glossa a journal of general linguistics

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  3. International Journal of American Linguistics

    2 publications · 83 citations

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  4. Southwest journal of linguistics

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. Linguistic Variation

    1 publications · 70 citations

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