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 InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
Descriptionxii, 383 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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SeriesTypological 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 notePapers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6-8, Berlin, Germany.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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