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polarity focus construction (cxn)
a.k.a. truth-value focus construction
an identificational construction whose focus is the polarity of the proposition (that is, whether it is true or false). Example: in English, I DID finish my assignment! is an instance of a polarity focus construction, whose focus is the positive polarity (accented DID) of the proposition
I finished my assignment. (Section 11.4.1)
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