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identificational (inf)
a.k.a.
information packaging in which a particular piece of information (the focus) is equated with the open slot in a presupposed open proposition. The presupposed open proposition may be evoked by an alternative proposition that differs from the identificational construction by only the focus. Example: in It was Ollie who was playing the piano, the information in the identificational construction is divided into the presupposed open proposition
X was playing the piano, and the focused information Ollie, and what is being asserted is
X = Ollie. The term
focusis sometimes used as a synonym for
identificational, but this term is used differently here. (Sections 10.1.2, 11.1, 11.4.1)
Constituency
Is Component Of
Function
Is Function Of
Hierarchy