Focus alternatives are words/phrases that can substitute for the focused constituent of an utterance. In “Carsten has picked [CHERRIES]F from the tree.”, (marked by pitch focus on cherries), the speaker wants to not only ...

In tonal languages, the role of intonation in information-structuring has yet to be fully investigated. Intuitively, one would expect intonation to play only a small role in expressing communicative functions. However, ...