NUCLEUS PLACEMENT (Cruttenden)

NUCLEUS PLACEMENT (Cruttenden)

1. DEVICES FOR SHOWING FOCUS

   • nucleus placement
   • lexical
   • grammatical

2. N. P for showing focus

   • BROAD
     • general rule
       • N in the last lex. item
       • EXCEPTIONS
         • EVENT SENTENCES
           • [I] v that denotes (dis)appearance or misfortune
         • FINAL ADVERBIALS
           • specially of time
           • vocatives & direct speech markers
         • ADJECTIVAL WH OBJECTS
   • NARROW
     • commonly in the last lexical item
   • NEW & OLD INFORMATION
     • OLD INFORMATION
       • falls outside the focus & will not contain the N
       • verbatim repetition
       • paraphrasing
       • logical assumption
       • O.I that involves some kind of focussing
         • contrastivity
         • echoes
         • insists
           • counterpresuppositionals