Sentence Stress and Focus

Tümce Vurgusu ve Odak

About this concept

Focus position in Turkish: the stressed element is placed immediately before the verb. Information structure: topic, focus, and background.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B2.

AHMET geldi. (Ahmet came)Focus on who came

Ahmet DÜN geldi.Focus on when

Ahmet geldi DÜN.Afterthought: oh, it was yesterday

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