• Cofocus

    Origin

    - + focus

    Full definition of cofocus

    Noun

    cofocus

    (plural cofoci)
    1. (linguistics)
      • 1987, Imre Ruzsa, Anna Szabolcsi, Proceedings of the '87 Debrecen Symposium on Logic and LanguageIn general, the expression in focus is a predicate, which applies to something which is defined by the cofocus.
      • 2000, Andrew M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, Discontinuous Syntax: Hyperbaton in Greek (page 52)Not all cofoci are presuppositions; sometimes the cofocus is new information "accommodated" to the common ground which is introduced as though it were presupposed...
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