Focus strategies in African languages : the interaction of focus and grammar in Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic /

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The book contains a collection of articles on focus in the Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic language groups. It investigates focus-related phenomena from different theoretical and methodological perspectives: the interaction of focus and prosody, the effect of focus on word order, the inventory of focus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aboh, Enoch Oladé, Hartmann, Katharina, Zimmermann, Malte, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2007.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 191.
Temas:
Niger-Congo languages > Grammar.
Afroasiatic languages > Grammar.
Focus (Linguistics)
Perspective (Linguistics)
Langues nigéro-congolaises > Grammaire.
Langues chamito-sémitiques > Grammaire.
Focus (Linguistique)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
Afroasiatic languages > Grammar
Focus (taalkunde)
Afrikaanse talen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The book contains a collection of articles on focus in the Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic language groups. It investigates focus-related phenomena from different theoretical and methodological perspectives: the interaction of focus and prosody, the effect of focus on word order, the inventory of focus-marking devices, and others. The volume enhances the understanding of focus-marking in natural language.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110199093
3110199092
1282194666
9781282194663
9786612194665
6612194669
ISSN:1861-4302 ;

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