Eckhard Bick - VISL

To make things even more complicated, focus markers can be attached not only to the
groups types sketched above, but also to complementisers (or, arguably, whole clauses),
as the following examples indicate:
(a) Veio só @>A quando nada sobrava do jantar.
(b) Convidou só @>N quem quisesse ajudar.
(c) Pagou só @>S porque temia um proceso civil.
In the case of “quando” (a) and “quem” (b), existing group types can be used, ap and np,
respectively, with the focus marker tagged as @>A or @>N. However, to cover the rare
case of a focused conjunction (c), I was forced to introduce a new attachment tag, @>S
(subordinator modifier), arguably creating a distinct group type too - that of
subordinator group. If proven useful, the concepts of @>S and subordinator group
could eventually be enlarged to cover cases like (a) and (b), too.
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