A Prosodic Focus Theory and Its Application in First Language Acquisition

Rákosi, GyörgyGerzheni, Edina2014-05-142014-05-1420142014-05-14http://hdl.handle.net/2437/192218The aim of this work is to study focus marking and acquisition both in English and in Hungarian. I will provide a descriptive overview of what we mean by focus and a summary of two different focus theories: a syntactic and a prosodic approach.I will show acquistion evidence for an interface theory of focus.29enfocusA Prosodic Focus Theory and Its Application in First Language AcquisitiondiplomamunkaDEENK Témalista::Nyelvtudomány::Nyelvészetip