The expression of information structure : a documentation of its diversity across Africa ; [papers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6 - 8, 2005, Berlin Germany]

The expression of information structure a documentation of its diversity across Africa ; [papers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6 - 8, 2005, Berlin Germany]

Introduction / Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz -- Information structure marking in Sandawe texts / Helen Eaton -- Topic and focus fields in Naki / Jeff Good -- The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family / Tom Güldemann -- Focus marking in Aghem: syntax or semantics? / Larry M. Hyman --...

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Körperschaft: International Conference Focus in African Languages (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Fiedler, Ines (HerausgeberIn), Schwarz, Anne (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam u.a. Benjamins 2010
Schriftenreihe:Typological studies in language 91
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African languages > Grammar, Comparative > Focus (Linguistics) > Typology (Linguistics) > Intonation (Phonetics) > Konferenzschrift > Afrikanische Sprachen > Sprachtypologie > Kontrastive Phonetik
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction / Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz -- Information structure marking in Sandawe texts / Helen Eaton -- Topic and focus fields in Naki / Jeff Good -- The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family / Tom Güldemann -- Focus marking in Aghem: syntax or semantics? / Larry M. Hyman -- On the obligatoriness of focus marking: evidence from Tar Barma / Peggy Jacob -- Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu / Roland Kiesling -- Discourse function of inverted passives in Makua-Marevone narratives / Oliver Kröger -- Topic-focus articulation in Taqbaylit and Tashelhit Berber / Amina Mettouchi and Axel Fleisch -- Focus in Atlantic languages / Stéphane Robert -- Topic and focus construction asymmetry / Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis O. Egbokhare -- The expression of information structure verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur / Anne Schwarz -- Why contrast matters: information structure in Gawwada (East Cushitic) / Mauro Tosco -- Focus and the Ejagham verb system / John R. Watters
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Papers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6-8, Berlin, Germany. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 383 S.
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ISBN:9789027206725
978-90-272-0672-5