TY  - JOUR
A1  - Amaechi, Mary Chimaobi
A1  - Georgi, Doreen
T1  - Quirks of subject (non-)extraction in Igbo
JF  - Glossa : a journal of general linguistics
N2  - In this paper we present new data on a subject/non-subject extraction asymmetry in Igbo constituent questions. We provide evidence that the superficially morphological phenomenon reflects a deeper syntactic asymmetry: Unlike wh-non-subjects, wh-subjects cannot undergo local (A) over bar -movement to the left periphery (SpecFoc); rather, they have to stay in their canonical position SpecT. The same constraint also leads to the that-trace effect (absence of the complementizer) in the embedded clause of long subject wh-movement. We argue that what is responsible for the special status of wh-subjects is their high structural position. We provide an optimality-theoretic analysis of the asymmetry that is based on anti-locality: Local subject (A) over bar -movement is excluded because it is too short. Moreover, we address the nature of apparent wh-in-situ in Igbo.
KW  - extraction asymmetries
KW  - wh-movement
KW  - wh-in-situ
KW  - focus marking
KW  - that-trace effect
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.607
SN  - 2397-1835
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
PB  - Ubiquity Press
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hartmann, Katharina
A1  - Zimmermann, Malte
T1  - Focus strategies in chadic
BT  - the case of tangale revisited
JF  - Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632
N2  - We argue that the standard focus theories reach their limits when confronted with the focus systems of the Chadic languages. The backbone of the standard focus theories consists of two assumptions, both called into question by the languages under consideration. Firstly, it is standardly assumed that focus is generally marked by stress. The Chadic languages, however, exhibit a variety of different devices for focus marking. Secondly, it is assumed that focus is always marked. In Tangale, at least, focus is not marked consistently on all types of constituents. The paper offers two possible solutions to this dilemma.
KW  - tone languages
KW  - focus marking
KW  - focus movement
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8423
SN  - 1866-4725
SN  - 1614-4708
IS  - 1
SP  - 207
EP  - 243
ER  -