@article{AmaechiGeorgi2020,
  author    = {Amaechi, Mary Chimaobi and Georgi, Doreen},
  title     = {On optional wh-/focus fronting in Igbo},
  series = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Sprachwissenschaft},
  volume    = {39},
  journal   = {Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Sprachwissenschaft},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {De Gruyter},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {0721-9067},
  doi       = {10.1515/zfs-2020-2017},
  pages     = {299 -- 327},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {This paper discusses surface optionality in focus fronting in the Benue-Congo language Igbo. A focused XP can occur in-situ or ex-situ. We argue that the optionality does not have its origins in the syntax: in fact, exactly one focused XP has to move to the designated focus position in the left periphery in the syntax. The alternation between in-situ and ex-situ rather arises at PF: either the lowest or the topmost copy of the focus chain is pronounced. The choice is determined by semantic-pragmatic factors, i. e., we see an interaction between PF and LF. This constitutes a challenge for a strict version of the Y-model of grammar.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Fominyam2015,
  author    = {Fominyam, Henry Z.},
  title     = {The Syntax of Focus and Interrogation in Awing},
  series = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632},
  journal   = {Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632},
  number    = {19},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  issn      = {1614-4708},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-83755},
  pages     = {29 -- 62},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {According to Aikhenvald (2007:5), descriptive linguistics or linguistic fieldwork "ideally involves observing the language as it is used, becoming a member of the community, and often being adopted into the kinship system". Descriptive linguistics therefore differs from theoretical linguistics in that while the former seeks to describe natural languages as they are used, the latter, other than describing, attempts to give explanations on how or why language phenomena behave in certain ways. Thus, I will abstract away from any preconceived ideas on how sentences ought to be in Awing and take the linguist/reader through focus and interrogative constructions to get a feeling of how the Awing people interact verbally.},
  language  = {en}
}