The expression of information structure [[electronic resource] ] : a documentation of its diversity across Africa / / edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 496
• Soggetto topico: African languages - Grammar, Comparative; Focus (Linguistics); Typology (Linguistics); Intonation (Phonetics)
• Altri autori: FiedlerInes SchwarzAnne
• Note generali: Papers presented at the International Conference on Focus in African Languages, held October 6-8, Berlin, Germany.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The expression of information structure
• ISBN: 1-282-55863-3; 9786612558634; 90-272-8842-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781036703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; 91.