Cross-linguistically, there are clear tendencies that relate notions of information structure to particular linguistic phenomena, so that for example focus tends to be prosodically prominent and there do not seem to be any languages that express focus by deaccenting or destressing.
For instance, focus tends to be prosodically prominent, and there do not seem to be any languages that express focus by deaccenting or destressing. Cross-linguistically, there are clear tendencies that relate notions of information structure to particular linguistic phenomena.
Cross-linguistically, there are clear tendencies that relate notions of information structure to particular linguistic phenomena. For instance, focus tends to be prosodically prominent, and there do not seem to be any languages that express focus by deaccenting or destressing.
Cross-linguistically, there are clear tendencies that relate notions of information structure to particular linguistic phenomena. For instance, focus tends to be prosodically prominent, and there do not seem to be any languages that express focus by deaccenting or destressing.