cofocus

English

Etymology

co- +‎ focus

Noun

cofocus (plural cofoci)

1. (linguistics) An element in a clause, sentence, etc. that acts as the focus, or main element, in combination with another such element.
   • 1987, Imre Ruzsa, Anna Szabolcsi, Proceedings of the '87 Debrecen Symposium on Logic and Language:

     In general, the expression in focus is a predicate, which applies to something which is defined by the cofocus.

   • 2000, Andrew M. Devine, Laurence D. Stephens, Discontinuous Syntax: Hyperbaton in Greek, page 52:

     Not all cofoci are presuppositions; sometimes the cofocus is new information "accommodated" to the common ground which is introduced as though it were presupposed […]