LEADER 04645nam 22006974a 450 001 9910807364703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-19466-6 010 $a9786612194665 010 $a3-11-019909-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110199093 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691475 035 $a(EBL)364677 035 $a(OCoLC)437233357 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156344 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156344 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10123319 035 $a(PQKB)10065274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364677 035 $a(DE-B1597)33866 035 $a(OCoLC)979731128 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110199093 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL364677 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219466 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691475 100 $a20071017d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFocus strategies in African languages $ethe interaction of focus and grammar in Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic /$fedited by Enoch Olade Aboh, Katharina Hartmann, Malte Zimmermann 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (332 p.) 225 0 $aTrends in linguistics studies and monographs ;$v191 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-019593-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFocus and grammar: The contribution of African languages -- $tPart I. Focus and prosody -- $tNuclear stress in eastern Benue-Kwa (Niger-Congo) -- $tInvestigating prosodic focus marking in Northern Sotho -- $tPart II. Information structure and word order -- $tPreverbal objects and information structure in Benue-Congo -- $tFocus strategies and the incremental development of semantic representations: Evidence from Bantu -- $tPart III. Ex-situ and in-situ strategies of focus marking -- $tEx-situ focus in Kikuyu -- $tFocus in the Force-Fin system: Information structure in Cushitic languages -- $tCoptic relative tenses: The profile of a morpho-syntactic flagging device -- $tPart IV. The inventory of focus marking devices -- $tIdentificational operation as a focus strategy in Byali -- $tExhaustivity marking in Hausa: A reanalysis of the particle nee/cee -- $tPart V. Focus and related constructions -- $tNarrative focus strategies in Gur and Kwa -- $tFocused versus non-focused wh-phrases -- $t Backmatter 330 $aOver the last two decades, focus has become a prominent topic in major fields in linguistic research (syntax, semantics, phonology). Focus Strategies in African Languages contributes to the ongoing discussion of focus by investigating focus-related phenomena in a range of African languages, most of which have been under-represented in the theoretical literature on focus. The articles in the volume look at focus strategies in Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic languages from several theoretical and methodological perspectives, ranging from detailed generative analysis to careful typological generalization across languages. Their common aim is to deepen our understanding of whether and how the information-structural category of focus is represented and marked in natural language. Topics investigated are, among others, the relation of focus and prosody, the effects of information structure on word order, ex situ versus in situ strategies of focus marking, the inventory of focus marking devices, focus and related constructions, focus-sensitive particles. The present inquiry into the focus systems of African languages has repercussions on existing theories of focus. It reveals new focus strategies as well as fine-tuned focus distinctions that are not discussed in the theoretical literature, which is almost exclusively based on well-documented intonation languages. 410 0$aTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] 606 $aNiger-Congo languages$xGrammar 606 $aAfroasiatic languages$xGrammar 606 $aFocus (Linguistics) 615 0$aNiger-Congo languages$xGrammar. 615 0$aAfroasiatic languages$xGrammar. 615 0$aFocus (Linguistics) 676 $a496/.36 701 $aAboh$b Enoch Olade$00 701 $aHartmann$b Katharina$01116233 701 $aZimmermann$b Malte$f1970-$0610167 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807364703321 996 $aFocus strategies in African languages$93977676 997 $aUNINA