TY  - CONF
A1  - Schwarz, Anne
T1  - How many focus markers are there in Konkomba?
T2  - Selected Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic Theory and African Language Documentation. edited by Masangu Matondo, Fiona Mc Laughlin, and Eric Potsdam
N2  - 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.
KW  - Informationsstruktur
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12561
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1134353
SN  - http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/38/paper2146.pdf
SN  - 978-1-57473-429-4
SP  - 182
EP  - 192
PB  - Cascadilla Proceedings Project
CY  - Somerville, MA
ER  -