On the placement of accent in dialogue

A feature of context grammar

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ID10140370
AuthorsRichard Gunter, Günter Richard (The Ohio State University, corresponding author)
Year1966
Volume2
Issue2
Pages159-179
Publication date1966-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226700001456
OpenAlexW2000396045
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited3

It is well known that an English sentence may have its accent, or point of greatest prominence, on any of several syllables. This phenomenon has been called SHIFT.1 It is the feature of English that permits us to render such a sentence as The man can see the boy in a variety of ways, as follows: The man can see the Boy. The man can SEE the boy. The man CAN see the boy. The MAN can see the boy

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