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This chapter provides an introduction to the main topics discussed in this book. First, I provide a brief overview of the semantics of focus particles and intonational focus, followed by a presentation of the specific research questions addressed in this book. Finally, I present an overview of the individual chapters.
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There are two possible readings of the slogan depending on whether auch associates with the subject or object. As already mentioned, the slogan is to be read with stress on auch, which indicates that the domain of the particle is the subject of the sentence (unstressed auch instead associates with the object).
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Gotzner, N. (2017). Introduction. In: Alternative Sets in Language Processing. Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52761-1_1
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