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== UNL ==
== UNL ==
In UNL, focus is to be represented by the following attributes.
In UNL, the information structure is represented by the following attributes:


{{#tree:id=unl_focus|openlevels=0|root=Information Structure (IST)|
{{#tree:id=unl_focus|openlevels=0|root=Information Structure (IST)|

Latest revision as of 19:12, 20 May 2013

Information Structure describes the way in which information is formally packaged within a sentence, often focusing on the ways in which topic-comment structures are used to make particular parts of information stand out as particularly salient in relation to others.

Natural language

In the UNLarium, the information structure may assume the following values:

{{#tree:id=foc|openlevels=0|root=Information Structure (IST)|

  • focus (FOC): focus
  • theme (THE): topic
  • rheme (RHE): comment

}}

UNL

In UNL, the information structure is represented by the following attributes:

{{#tree:id=unl_focus|openlevels=0|root=Information Structure (IST)|

    • @focus
    • @topic
    • @comment

}}