@article{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/sl.37.2.01cel, author = "Celano, Giuseppe G.A.", title = "Argument-focus and predicate-focus structure in Ancient Greek: Word order and phonology", journal= "Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language”", year = "2013", volume = "37", number = "2", pages = "241-266", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.37.2.01cel", url = "https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sl.37.2.01cel", publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "0378-4177", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "focus", keywords = "word order", keywords = "phonology", keywords = "argument focus", keywords = "main sentence accent", keywords = "information structure", keywords = "prosody", keywords = "predicate focus", keywords = "Ancient Greek", abstract = "In this article, Ancient Greek is shown to allow two word orders, Focus-Verb and Verb-Focus, independently of whether the verb is in focus or in the presupposition. Relying on the behavior of postpositives and Lambrecht’s Principle of Accent Projection, I argue that such word orders are integrated into prosodic constituents where the main sentence accent falls to either the left (Focus-Verb) or the right (Verb-Focus) of the verb. Such an alternation is suggested to be due to a binary iconic contrast whereby the more prominent the focus is, the earlier it is placed.", }