How many focus markers are there in Konkomba?
This article discusses the divergent status of the two particles lé and lá in the grammar of Konkomba, a Gur language (Niger-Congo) of the Gurma subgroup. While previous studies claim that both particles are focus markers, this author argues that only the particle lá should be analyzed as a pure pragmatic device. Distributional studies suggest that the use of particle lé, on the other hand, is only required under specific focus conditions, and primarily represents a syntactic device.
| Author: | Anne Schwarz |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1134353 |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 13.10.2009 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2009 |
| Publishing Institution: | Univ.-Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main |
| SWD-Keyword: | Informationsstruktur |
| Source: | http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/38/paper2146.pdf ; (in:) Masangu Matondo, Fiona Mc Laughlin, Eric Potsdam: Selected Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic Theory and African Language Documentation. - Somerville: Casca |
| HeBIS PPN: | 219530718 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 400 Sprache |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research |
| Licence (German): |  Veröffentlichungsvertrag für Publikationen ohne Print on Demand |
