Focalisation
Spanish: AQA A Level, topic 19.2.1
Focalización - Focalisation
This refers to focusing on a specific perspective from a text.
Focalisation
- This technique focuses on a specific perspective from a text where the focus is on the listener or on the person that is being referred to.
- To give the focus to the sentence, we usually change the order of the sentence or repeating words.
Examples
- Usted, ¿qué opina de la situación? A mi me parece difícil encontrar una resolución.
- And you, what do you think about the situation? To me it seems quite difficult to find a resolution.
- No estoy de acuerdo contigo. Prefiero pasar mis vacaciones en Italia porque prefiero la comida italiana a la comida alemana.
- I don’t agree with you. I prefer to spend my holidays in Italy because I prefer Italian food to German food.
Test yourself on Focalisation
In the sentence 'A los profesores habría que hacerles un regalo de parte de los niños.', what's the focalised part?