Discourse functions of fronted foci in Italian and Spanish

Brunetti, Lisa

doi:10.1075/slcs.112.04bru

In:Focus and Background in Romance Languages
Edited by Andreas Dufter and Daniel Jacob
[Studies in Language Companion Series 112] 2009
► pp. 43–81

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Discourse functions of fronted foci in Italian and Spanish

Lisa Brunetti

Published online: 18 June 2009

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.112.04bru

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