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focus (inf)
a.k.a.
in identificational information packaging, the information which is identified as the filler for the open part of the presupposed open proposition. Example: in It was Jack who stole my cookies!, the presupposed open proposition is
X stole my cookies, and the filler of X is Jack -- i.e. X = Jack. The focus may be any part of the information in the clause, not just an argument. The term
focus constructionis sometimes used as a synonym for
identificational construction, but we avoid that usage here. (Section 11.4.1)
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