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Zorluk: OrtaEmphatic Stress

In the sentence below, the word in CAPITAL LETTERS has the emphatic stress.

The elderly landlord sold the APARTMENT last week.

Which of the following questions is answered by the statement above?

  1. A
    Did the young landlord sell the apartment last week?
  2. Did the elderly landlord sell the bungalow last week?Cevap
  3. C
    Did the elderly landlord lease the apartment last week?
  4. D
    Did the elderly landlord sell the apartment last month?

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Did the elderly landlord sell the bungalow last week?
Emphatic stress placed on 'APARTMENT' highlights contrastive focus on the property type sold. The statement serves as a corrective response to a question asking whether a different structure (such as a bungalow) was sold, while preserving all other sentence details exactly as stated.

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1
Identify the word printed in capital letters which carries the emphatic stress.
The word with emphatic stress is 'APARTMENT', which functions as the direct object of the statement.
Emphatic stress signals contrastive focus on the specific piece of information being emphasized or corrected.
2
Determine what question is logically answered or contradicted by emphasizing this word.
The statement answers a question that suggests a different object (such as a 'bungalow') was sold, while keeping the subject, action, and time frame unchanged.
In Oral English emphatic stress items, the emphasized word refutes a contrasting idea for that specific element only.
3
Select the option that questions strictly the capitalized word.
The question 'Did the elderly landlord sell the bungalow last week?' is answered directly by 'No, he sold the APARTMENT last week.'
This option introduces an alternative object ('bungalow') while leaving every other detail in the question identical to the statement.

Anahtar Kavram

Emphatic Stress and Contrastive Focus
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Emphatic Stress

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