"The sentence “I never said she stole my money” can have seven different meanings depending on which word is stressed."

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A neat anecdote from the New York Times article on IBM’s Jeopardy-playing computer. (via peterwknox, gregbrown, setuplikeadeckofcards, luminosa)

It’s called focus. Also, I’m not getting the special meaning for the reading in which “money” is stressed.