Re: V2 languages

J. Barefoot scripsit:

> Sally Caves wrote:
> >
> >Maybe I don't really understand the difference between topic and focus.
>
> Anyone with more knowledge about syntax care to explain? I'd be interested
> to hear that one, too.
Short version: Topic is what the conversation is about, focus is what
the sentence is about.  The previous sentence focusses "topic" and
then "focus"; the topic of this sentence is "The previous sentence".

Got that?

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John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
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