TY - CHAP A1 - Aborobongui, Georges Martial Embanga A1 - Hamlaoui, Fatima A1 - Rialland, Annie T1 - Syntactic and prosodic aspects of left and right dislocation in Embɔsi (Bantu C25) T2 - Proceedings of the Workshop BantuSynPhonIS : Preverbal Domain(s), Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin; ZASPil Vol. 57, S. 26-48 N2 - This paper deals with left and right dislocation in Embɔsi, a Bantu language (C25) spoken in Congo-Brazzaville. The prosody of dislocation has gathered considerable attention, as it is particularly informative for the theories of the syntax-prosody mapping of Intonation Phrases (a.o. Selkirk, 2009, 2011; Downing, 2011). Concentrating on selected Bantu languages, Downing (2011) identifies two main phrasing patterns. She primarily distinguishes languages in which only right dislocated phrases display a lack of prosodic integration ("asymmetric" languages), from languages in which both left and right dislocations phrase separately ("symmetric" languages). Hiatus avoidance processes, boundary tones and register expansion/reduction indicate that Embɔsi displays a somewhat more intricate phrasing pattern. In this language, both left and right dislocated items sit outside of the Intonation Phrase formed by the core-clause, but only the latter form their own Intonation Phrase. We also discuss the prosody of multiple dislocations (i.e. with two dislocated arguments), which have not so far received all the attention they deserve. What we observe in Embɔsi is that either the two dislocated items phrase together and are not integrated to the core Intonation Phrase, or only the outermost dislocated element phrases separately. KW - Mboshi-Sprache KW - Syntax KW - Intonation Y1 - 2014 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36416 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-364161 UR - http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/zaspil.html SN - 1435-9588 SN - 0947-7055 VL - 57 SP - 26 EP - 48 PB - Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft CY - Berlin ER -