Topic Focus Articulation, Tripartite Structures, and Semantic Content D 79111 Freiburg and the consideration of various O.P and the consideration of various candidate fragments for simulation referring readers to more detailed treatments for many specific topics topic focus articulation has long been a central object of study The emergence of 'tripartite structures' (see Chapter 2) in formal semantics and the partial simi larities that can be readily observed between some aspects of tripartite structures and some aspects of Praguian topic focus articulation have led us to expect that a closer investigation of the similarities and differences in these different theoretical constructs would be a rewarding undertaking with mutual benefits for the further development of our respective theories and potential benefit for the study of semantic effects of focus in other theories as well