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<p><sub>f</sub>.<br/>
:(4) Did you see a grey dog or a grey cat? I saw a grey [<b>DOG</b>] <sub>f</sub>.<br/>
:(5) Did you see a grey dog or a black dog? I saw a [<b>GREY</b>] <sub>f</sub> dog.</p>

<p>The question/answer paradigm shown in (3)-(5) has been utilized by a variety of theorists to illustrate the range of contexts where a sentence containing focus can be used felicitously. Specifically, the question/answer paradigm has been used as a diagnostic for what counts as new information. For example, the focus pattern in (3) would be infelicitous</p><p>
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