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This paper examines the effect that focus has on repetitive versus restitutive again. It is argued that a pragmatic explanation of the effect is the right strategy. The explanation builds largely on a standard focus semantics. To this we add an anaphoric analysis of again’s presupposition and a detailed analysis of the alternatives triggered when focus falls on again.
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Beck, S. Focus on Again . Linguistics & Philosophy 29, 277–314 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-005-5794-z
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