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This paper provides evidence that wh-words and their answer counterparts in the response sentences are related with two foci, new-informational focus and contrastive focus (as opposed to the traditional view that these categories are only associated with contrastive/alternative focus). By combining this claim with Kratzer-Selkirk (2011, 2013) type of three-way-distinction of focus (contrastive focus, new-information focus, and givenness), this paper shows that the wh-words and their answer constituents pattern precisely the same way as other non-wh-related words in representing (pragmatic/semantic) information they carry in the sentence; they can all be contrastively- or informationally focused in their default positions, the choice of which being determined by whether they are intended to be exhaustive and/or how much pitch accent they carry.

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This paper provides evidence that wh-words and their answer counterparts in the response sentences are related with two foci, new-informational focus and contrastive focus (as opposed to the traditional view that these categories are only associated with contrastive/alternative focus). By combining this claim with Kratzer-Selkirk (2011, 2013) type of three-way-distinction of focus (contrastive focus, new-information focus, and givenness), this paper shows that the wh-words and their answer constituents pattern precisely the same way as other non-wh-related words in representing (pragmatic/semantic) information they carry in the sentence; they can all be contrastively- or informationally focused in their default positions, the choice of which being determined by whether they are intended to be exhaustive and/or how much pitch accent they carry.

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