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Linguistik-Klassifikation: Grammatikforschung / Grammar research

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Discourse structure and information packaging in cross-linguistic perspective (2006)
Anne Schwarz Svetlana Petrova

Focal aspects in the Lelemi verb system (2006)
Anne Schwarz Ines Fiedler: In our presentation we will outline the verb system of Lelemi and concentrate on certain “focal” aspects which are of primary interest to us. Lelemi has two TAMP paradigms: one constituting the so-called “simple tenses”, the other the so-called “relative tenses” (Allan 1973), although not every “simple tense” has a counterpart in the “relative tenses”. The simple paradigm is formed by subject prefixes (prefixed pronouns for 1st or 2nd person and noun class pronouns for 3rd persons) and the verb form whereas the relative paradigm is build up by the obligatory use of an external subject noun, an invariable verb prefix, and the verb form. While the simple paradigm is used in quite a lot of syntactic environments the relative paradigm only shows up in relative clauses with the subject being the head as well as in subject and sentence focus constructions including questions concerning the subject. We will show some interesting interactions between the grammatical expression of focus and the verb system and sketch the grammaticalisation path of the morpheme nà.

What is it about? The topic in some Ghanaian Gur grammars (2008)
Anne Schwarz: This talk deals with the pragmatic notion topic and its encoding in Buli and some related Ghanaian Gur languages and reveals that it is responsible for several intricate phenomena in the grammar of these languages.

To be or not to be? About the copula system in Buli (Gur) (2008)
Anne Schwarz: This talk concerns the copula system in Buli, a Ghanaian language which has also been attested in Bahia (Rodrigues 1935, Zwernemann 1968). Special focus will be put on the categorization of two copula-reminiscent elements for which I will propose a discoursepragmatic analysis.

How many focus markers are there in Konkomba? (2009)
Anne Schwarz: 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.

Preverbal negative markers in Buli (1999)
Anne Schwarz: This article deals with some aspects of negation in Buli, a Gur language spoken by the Bulsa people in Northern Ghana.

Low tone spreading in Buli (2003)
Anne Schwarz: In Buli, tone indicates lexical information as well as grammatical information. The changing of tone patterns regularly observed on lexemes is covered best by an autosegmental approach with autonomous tonal and segmental tiers. It reveals considerable deviations between underlying and surfacing tones at several morpho- yntactic points. Realization of tone is sometimes oppressed or delayed. Cause for such disturbances is in all cases a low tone which spreads to the right and affects following high tones with different results. The aim of this paper is to show how L spreading acts and how it is integrated in the system of tonal contrast.

Principles of information packaging in Baatonum (Gur) (2009)
Anne Schwarz: This talk presents a study on information structure in the under-documented Gur language Baatonum (Bénin and Nigeria, language code bba).

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