Question

Rooth’s squiggle operator constrains this syntactic feature in Hamblin alternative semantics. This syntactic feature’s effect depends on the position of scalar, additive, or exclusive particles like the adverbs even, also, and only. In Rizzi’s left periphery, (-5[1])this usually ungrammaticalized feature is sandwiched between phrases of a similar feature that comments on known information and is paraphrased (-5[1])with “as for.” Information structure describes givenness, topic, and (*) this feature, which presupposes a certain background and fronts similarly to wh-movement. In it-cleft sentences like “it was SAM who buzzed,” this feature, notated by all-caps, is marked by a wider pitch range. Sentences that differ truth-conditionally only in emphasis exemplify this feature’s “contrastive” type, which applies to reduplication (-5[1])in (10[1])“I like-like her.” (-5[1])For 10 points, the part of an utterance that conveys new information is stressed via what syntactic feature’s F-marking? (-5[1])■END■ (10[2]0[13])

ANSWER: focus [accept contrastive focus, contrastive focus reduplication, focus projection, focus domain, focus particle, or focus phrase; prompt on accent, pitch accent, stress, contrastive stress, syntactic stress, sentence stress, prosodic stress, prominence, emphasis until read by asking “what syntactic feature is behind that?”; reject “topic”]
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= Average correct buzz position

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eric ChenBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boyit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown35-5
Caleb KendrickWe Need New NamesLMM's LLM MLM55-5
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret113-5
Conor ThompsonGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeergenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet11410
Colin Stewartvar merchantsI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)117-5
Christopher SimsThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeThe Oldest Men in the World136-5
Natan HoltzmanLisan al-QuibA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence13710
Ryan Westbrookwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team1370
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything1370
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMWe Need New Names1370
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago1370
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoThe Jeam Team1370
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: APunished "Venom" BHSU1370
Andrew WangPunished "Venom" BHSURead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A1370
Iain CarpenterAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE1370
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackLes Missourables1370
June YinLes MissourablesThe Empire Bikes Back1370
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see1370
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy13710
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!1370
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)var merchants1370