Comparative Concept: polarity focus construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
polarity focus construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | polarity focus construction • truth-value focus construction |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | polarity focus construction (cxn) |
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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)