“The sentence “I never said she stole my money” can have seven different meanings depending on which word is stressed.”
— peterwknox < gregbrown < setuplikeadeckofcards < luminosa:
A neat anecdote from the New York Times article on IBM’s Jeopardy-playing computer.
It’s called focus. Also, I’m not getting the special meaning for the reading in which “money” is stressed.
“She stole my heart!”