The expression of information structure a documentation of its diversity across Africa / edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz.
| Author/creator | International Conference on Focus in African Languages |
| Other author | Fiedler, Ines. |
| Other author | Schwarz, Anne. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., |
| Description | xii, 383 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Typological studies in language (TSL) ; v. 91 Typological studies in language ; v. 91. ^A560447 |
| Contents | 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 B'arma / Peggy Jacob -- Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu / Roland Kiessling -- 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 -- 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. |
| General note | Papers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6-8, Berlin, Germany. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009050676 |
| ISBN | 9789027206725 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9027206724 |
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