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# Attaching a focus prefix {{t|ku-}} to a single word ''always'' focuses just that word. | # Attaching a focus prefix {{t|ku-}} to a single word ''always'' focuses just that word. | ||
# Placing a focus word {{t|kú}} before a head ''always'' focuses the whole [[phrase]] that it projects. | # Placing a focus word {{t|kú}} before a head ''always'' focuses the whole [[phrase]] that it projects. | ||
#* | #* That is: {{t|kú}} before a determiner (D) focuses the DP, {{t|kú}} before a complementizer (C) focuses the CP… | ||
#* Basically, this means {{t|kú <u>sá hao</u>}} and {{t|kú <u>râo níchaq</u>}} and {{t|kú <u>ꝡä nuo jí</u>}} focus that whole underlined constituent. | |||
# There is no tone-stealing. You'll never see {{t|kû}} or {{t|kü}} or {{t|ku}}. | # There is no tone-stealing. You'll never see {{t|kû}} or {{t|kü}} or {{t|ku}}. | ||